Title: Don’t send pingbacks
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Don’t send pingbacks

 *  [Andrés Sanhueza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atoon/)
 * (@atoon)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-send-pingbacks/)
 * How can I block the sending of pingbacks and trackbacks?

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-send-pingbacks/#post-1055861)
 * No need to block — just turn off the option.
 * Visit Settings -> Discussion. Uncheck the top-most option which is titled, “Attempt
   to notify any blogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)” and then
   save your change.

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## Tags

 * [pingback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pingback/)
 * [trackback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trackback/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-send-pingbacks/#post-1055861)
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