{"id":1318,"date":"2021-07-23T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:24:12","slug":"what-are-self-pings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Self-Pings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/#self-ping_example\" >Self-Ping Example:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/#what_is_wrong_with_self-pings\" >What is Wrong with Self-Pings?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/#how_to_stop_self-pings\" >How to Stop Self-Pings?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/#how_it_works\" >How it Works<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-self-pings\/#usage_notes\" >Usage notes:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>The beauty of WordPress is that it\u2019s so smart, it even detects when you link from one post of yours to another.&nbsp; Remember, it\u2019s the LINK that triggers the self-ping in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If one blog post were to mention another by linking to it, you\u2019d find a link like this somewhere on the page:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-explained-for-beginners\/\">Web Hosting Explained for Beginners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It could also be the case the the link is anchored with text, like&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-explained-for-beginners\/\">Web Hosting Explained<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"self-ping_example\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"self-ping_example\"><\/span>Self-Ping Example:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Site #1:<\/strong>&nbsp;Publishes a remarkable post (post \u2018a\u2019) about the secrets of the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Site #1:<\/strong>&nbsp;6 months later publishes another post (post \u2018b\u2019) about the universe and links to post \u2018a\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Site #1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Post \u2018a\u2019 receives the pingback notification and WordPress checks post \u2018b\u2019 to confirm it did in fact link to post \u2018a\u2019.<\/li><li>The site owner now needs to approve it, just like a comment, on post \u2018a\u2019 so it will appear in the comments section.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what_is_wrong_with_self-pings\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_is_wrong_with_self-pings\"><\/span>What is Wrong with Self-Pings?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re savvy with search engine optimization, you\u2019ll likely be linking to one or more of your other posts with each new post published on the site.&nbsp; This is done to inflate the importance of the other posts, helping improve their search engine rankings, which in turn will bring you in more traffic. Also, linking externally is a way of pulling back Trust Flow to your site (a factor that\u2019s part of search engine ranking algorithm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about how to use internal and external links to improve your search engine rankings and traffic, read more on the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/\">KnownHost blog<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine every time you use the word \u2018me\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019 in a sentence, a very annoying friend stands next to you ringing a cowbell in your ear.&nbsp; This is just what\u2019s going to happen as you interlink posts in WordPress. The more you link, the more self-pings you receive. This quickly will become very annoying and difficult to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on how to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/blogging-grow-search-traffic\/\">link externally<\/a><\/strong>, and how to blog to grow organic search traffic, check out the KnownHost blog:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/blogging-grow-search-traffic\/\">Blogging Grow Search Traffic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_stop_self-pings\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_stop_self-pings\"><\/span>How to Stop Self-Pings?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several methods of stopping self-pings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Disable sending pingbacks altogether<ul><li>This is a bit like using a sledgehammer as a flyswatter.&nbsp; By disabling sending pingbacks, you will no longer send notifications to your site or other sites when you link to posts.&nbsp; See below section on how to disable sending pingbacks.<\/li><li>Advantage: Yes, indeed, self-pings will stop.<\/li><li>Disadvantage: You\u2019ve completely stopped sending pingbacks.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Stop using full URL\u2019s<ul><li>Unordered List ItemInstead of linking using:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-explained-for-beginners\/\">Web Hosting Explained for Beginners<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>Unordered List ItemYou could link using: \/blog\/web-hosting-explained-for-beginners\/<\/li><li>Unordered List ItemThe advantage of using this approach is that it requires no added plugins.<\/li><li>Unordered List ItemThe disadvantages include:<ul><li>Links can\u2019t be copied and shared by others without modification.<\/li><li>Depending on where you are when you link, and whether or not you remember the leading \u201c\/\u201d, the url could become broken and give a 404 error.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Use a plugin<ul><li>It\u2019s much simpler to just add a lightweight plugin, such as: No Self Pings &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/no-self-ping\/\">No Self Ping<\/a><\/li><li>Alternatively, using a multi-features plugin which disables self pings Disabler &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/disabler\/\">Plugins Disabler<\/a><ul><li><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;At the time of publishing this page, both plugins were somewhat outdated and could possibly not be compatible with, or not be secure when using, a newer version of WordPress.<\/li><li><strong>Advantage:<\/strong>&nbsp;Either approach can definitely stop self-pings.<\/li><li><strong>Disadvantage:<\/strong>&nbsp;You\u2019re adding more plugin overhead weight that needs to be regularly updated or else there\u2019s potential vulnerabilities and compromises that become available to hackers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Manually code a change in your functions.php or theme files<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*WARNING &#8211; THIS IS ADVANCED &#8211; YOU CAN EASILY BREAK WORDPRESS*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*EDITING FUNCTIONS.PHP MANUALLY CAN RESULT IN CRASHES*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_it_works\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_it_works\"><\/span>How it Works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea behind the manual approach is that you\u2019re going to create a function that\u2019s triggered before pingbacks are sent.&nbsp; It will strip the links out of any pingbacks before anything is sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set up the function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  function disable_selfpinging( &amp;$selfpinglinks ) {<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your blog&nbsp;URL&nbsp;from available options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>      $mysite = get_option( \u2018home\u2019 );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Loop through all the links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>      foreach ( $selfpinglinks as $spl =&gt; $selfpinglink )<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Check to see if the link points to your site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>      if ( 0 === strpos( $selfpinglink, $mysite) )<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Strip the link if it does:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>        unset($selfpinglinks&#91;$spl]);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>End the loop checking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>    }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the hook action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>    add_action( \u2018pre_ping\u2019, \u2018disable_selfpinging\u2019 );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Version of the no self pinging code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  function disable_selfpinging( &amp;$selfpinglinks ) {\n  $mysite = get_option( \u2018home\u2019 );\n  foreach ( $selfpinglinks as $spl =&gt; $selfpinglink )\n      if ( 0 === strpos( $selfpinglink, $mysite) )\n          unset($selfpinglinks&#91;$spl]);\n  }\n  add_action( \u2018pre_ping\u2019, \u2018disable_selfpinging\u2019 );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"usage_notes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"usage_notes\"><\/span>Usage notes:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re using the default theme, edit the functions.php file and then get the theme updated, your changes will be overwritten and gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re using the default theme, then change to a different theme, your changes will no longer be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best practices call for themes to be regularly used and updated, so you should&nbsp;<strong>put your changes into a child theme<\/strong>&nbsp;so that they are preserved, even when the main theme gets updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you make an error in rekeying the above, omit a bit of punctuation during a copy and paste, or generally make any kind of fat fingering error at all, you can bet that there will be some type of error or crash generated as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantage:<\/strong>&nbsp; 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