Title: non-functioning trackbacks
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# non-functioning trackbacks
* [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/)
* Hey all – I’ve been searching all day on this issue, and I have yet to find a
solution that works. I’ve *just* noticed that trackbacks and pingbacks don’t
work on my site. The first thing I did was revert back to the default theme and
shut off every single plugin I had – and they *still* don’t work.
* From what I’ve found in several threads, I could place this in my .htaccess file:
* ```
SecFilterInheritance Off
```
* and it should work…but it doesn’t! It screws *everything* up royally, and the
error logs basically say there’s no such thing.
* The only other thing I can come up with is renaming my xmlrpc.php file (the host
is pair.com, and from research, they apparently don’t allow you to have such
a file on your server, but it’s been said you can get around it by renaming the
file) – but it still doesn’t work. Most likely reason is because I’m not that
familiar with .htaccess rewrites, and my rewrite format is incorrect.
* I’ll play with it a bit more and see if I can get it to work, but the .htaccess
file is located in /cms/ (same level as wp-content, wp-admin, etc.) and I have
this:
*
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / # to find renamed xmlrpc.
php file RewriteRule ^xmlrpc.php$ BlogXMLrpc.php [R,L]
* I also have an .htaccess file in the root (same level as /cms/ – this area houses
a parent website), and placing the above code in that one doesn’t work, either.
* As I said, I’ll be playing with the rewrite a bit to see if I can get it to take,
but in the meantime, would anyone else have any suggestions for me? I’d surely
appreciate it!
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* Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-612884)
* Well, pair.com has “whitelisted” the xmlrpc.php file and is letting me use it.
However, it’s still not functioning. I’ve unplugged all plugins, and reverted
the theme back to default – and no trackbacks or pingbacks are showing at all.
* I found another one that suggested reverting permalinks back to the default status,
and maybe that would do it – but no go there, either.
* I’ll continue my investigation, but would anyone else have any ideas?
* Additional Note: I’ve also checked the file itself. I can’t imagine that it’s
corrupted, since I use this exact same file when I do install4Free installs,
but I got a new one anyway. I checked it, and it appears to be working fine (
when I call it up specifically in the browser, it says “XML-RPC server accepts
POST requests only.” – so it appears to be working fine.)
* Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-612999)
* Well, I had emailed pair.com, and they have verified that the xmlrpc.php file
has been whitelisted, and is allowed to be used.
* Yesterday, I completely reverted the site to default, and disabled the widgetized
sidebar, as I had found references that the “Recent Posts” plugin (which is now
a default widget) could have conflicts with trackbacks/pingbacks. I also disabled
every single plugin, and removed them from the plugins folder. Trackbacks started
working.
* One at a time, I began uploading/turning them on, to see which one conflicted
with trackbacks. I found a couple that did (“Subscribe to Comments” and “SEO
Title Tag”), but when I hit the “Fold Page List” plugin, I had a doozy. The “
Fold Page List” did interfere with trackbacks, however when I shut it off, they
did not return. Unlike the others – which, when I removed the plugin, the trackbacks
came back – when I turned off “Fold Page List” and removed it from the server,
trackbacks still have not returned.
* I contacted pair.com, and they have, again, verified that the xmlrpc.php file
is still whitelisted. But now I’m back to where I started – I cannot get a single
trackback or pingback to appear on the site. I’ve tested from within the site
itself, and from a couple of other websites I have. I can send them out just
fine, but none will come in.
* This is day #3 of trying to figure this out – would anyone have any ideas for
me, please?
* Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-613003)
* Okay, final thing – I just backed up the database and dropped everything. Deleted
absolutely everything possible. Got a fresh copy of the 2.2.2 files. Reinstalled
from scratch. Brought it back up, renamed the default “functions.php” file to“
functionsOLD.php” to turn off the widgets –
* and the trackbacks/pingbacks still don’t work. This is as bare as I can possibly
get it, and it still doesn’t function.
* [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
* (@handysolo)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-613004)
* For clarification (I’m slow) is the issue that your blog can’t receive trackbacks
or that it can’t send?
* Anything in your web server’s error log that would be helpful?
* Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-613008)
* Can’t receive. I can send just fine. Nothing whatsoever in the error logs.
* Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
* (@doodlebee)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-functioning-trackbacks/#post-613009)
* Ah! It’s working…I don’t know why though. Here’s what I’ve been doing…
* After I dropped everything, I went to the “tamba2” site for the ping tests. *
those* were working (they weren’t, until I dropped absolutely everything) So
then I used that site to test the trackbacks wile enabling the plugins one-by-
one. One plugin had been corrupted by my droppage of the database, so I re-imported
the database, and suddenly Tamba was no longer coming through.
* I double-checked, and although Spam Karma wasn’t running, the tables were now
in the database. So I went in and *purposely* whitelisted Tamba’s IP. While I
was in there, I also purposely whitelisted my own other IP addresses for three
other sites I have.
* Viola – ALL of them showed up. Every last one – even the pingbacks.
* It’s weird though – Spam Karma was completely shut off, and I had looked through
the database tables the other day and I wasn’t blacklisted there. Activated or
deactivated, it was being blocked. But I had to purposely *whitelist* my IP’s
to get them to show.
* It also appears that, if I trackback to any particular post more than once (I
haven’t checked to see if there’s some kind of “time limit” I have), then suddenly
I can’t trackback to the site anymore – I appear to be blocked.
* So right now, I can post a trackback on each test post I have – but I can’t do
it more than once.
* Very weird, but at least it’s working on some level!
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