Title: Pingback contains javascript code instead of post content
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Pingback contains javascript code instead of post content

 *  [RockoRobotics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockorobotics/)
 * (@rockorobotics)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/)
 * I’m working with a client which has two WordPress blogs dealing with similar 
   topics. Occasionally, they link to one another, so pingbacks are sent between
   the two blogs.
 * However, the content of the pingbacks contain random parts of the linked posts
   and not the content of the posts. The included content may be navigation menus,
   bread crumbs, or even javascript code that is part of the theme file generating
   the link.
 * I know that I can edit the pingback comment manually, but the client would like
   this done automatically. Is there any way I can control what content gets included
   in the pingback comment?
 * I wrote both of the themes from scratch, so if there is a way I could tell WordPress
   to use the content that is part of a certain div or paragraph tag, then that 
   would be great.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/#post-2714582)
 * > even javascript code that is part of the theme file generating the link
 * Well. That would be why. Pingbacks look for the part of the content that has 
   the link.
 *  Thread Starter [RockoRobotics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockorobotics/)
 * (@rockorobotics)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/#post-2714616)
 * Sorry, I wasn’t to clear with this line:
 * > even javascript code that is part of the theme file generating the link
 * What I meant was that in the theme file for that post, there is Javascript. The
   Javascript has nothing to do with the generating the link. It is used to pull
   posts from the client’s twitter feed.
 * Based on your suggestion, I’ll see if I can figure why the PingBack is targeting
   the areas that it is.
 * The PingBack contains navigation from the top of the page as well as the bottom
   of the page, but all the content in between is missing.
 *  Thread Starter [RockoRobotics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockorobotics/)
 * (@rockorobotics)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/#post-2714621)
 * I have figured where the content is coming from. The page displaying the post
   has two columns: Left and Right.
 * The Left column has the actual blog post content.
 * The Right Column has the most recent posts with a one sentence about the post.
   Below these summaries, there is a section which pulls in the most recent twitter
   post. The javascript I mentioned earlier is also contained in this right column.
 * The PingBack is pulling this right column because in the generated HTML, the 
   right column comes before the left column.
 * This brings me back to my original question. Is there anyway I can control what
   section of the page the PingBack pulls it content from?
 * If there is a hook or filter I could use to manually extract the left column 
   when the request to get the PingBack content is made, I could solve this issue.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/#post-2714661)
 * I believe it grabs whatever’s ‘first’ on the page, so view source and see. You
   may be able to adjust your divs.

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-contains-javascript-code-instead-of-post-content/#post-2714661)
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