Title: Pingbacks causing 503 error
Last modified: December 6, 2017

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# Pingbacks causing 503 error

 *  [270net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/270net/)
 * (@270net)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-causing-503-error/)
 * A client’s website is rendering 503 errors on posts that have a pingback comment
   that includes an old blog URL that has since been redirected. I’ve attempted 
   to manually correct the URL, but the 503 error persists. Any advice or troubleshooting
   items would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpingbacks-causing-503-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-causing-503-error/#post-9757109)
 * Try reviewing: [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-503-service-unavailable-error-in-wordpress/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-503-service-unavailable-error-in-wordpress/)
 *  Thread Starter [270net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/270net/)
 * (@270net)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-causing-503-error/#post-9903731)
 * I reviewed that article and it’s not applicable to this situation as the 503 
   error only displays on some posts, not the whole site.

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 * [503 error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/503-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [270net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/270net/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-causing-503-error/#post-9903731)
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