Title: Pingbacks not displaying
Last modified: March 14, 2017

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# Pingbacks not displaying

 *  Resolved [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * (@brenr1958)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/)
 * Hi thanks for this free theme it is exactly what I want.. however pingbacks are
   not displaying in the comments section. They are registering in the comment number
   count but not displaying in the actual comment threads.
 * Here is a link to the post [http://ryanphotography.uk/2017/03/13/weekly-photo-challenge-wishing/](http://ryanphotography.uk/2017/03/13/weekly-photo-challenge-wishing/)
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/).

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 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8917326)
 * Hey [@brenr1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/),
 * thank you for choosing Bento!
 * It’s an inconsistency indeed, thanks for bringing this up; I will add the code
   to the next version update of Bento that removes pingbacks and trackbacks from
   comment counts ([this snippet](http://snipplr.com/view/49056/wordpress-get-comment-count-without-pingbackstrackbacks/),
   in case you’d like to implement right away). If, on the contrary, you want the
   pingbacks and trackbacks to be displayed by the theme alongside comments, please
   add this code to your child theme’s functions.php:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wp_list_comments_args', 'bento_filter_wp_list_comments_args', 5, 1 );
       function bento_filter_wp_list_comments_args( $r ) {
           $r['type'] = 'all';
           return $r;
       }
       ```
   
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * (@brenr1958)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8917364)
 * Removed – see comment below
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/).
 *  Thread Starter [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * (@brenr1958)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8917385)
 * Just checked the pingbacks are showing up but they are not linking back to the
   site that left the pingback.
 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8917867)
 * Hey [@brenr1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/),
 * the theme uses the standard wp_list_comments function for displaying the comments
   and linkbacks – could you please check if the pingbacks are being left in a proper
   manner, described e.g. [here](https://www.theedublogger.com/2008/08/31/whats-a-pingback-and-how-to-write-links/)?
 * In case this does not help solve the issue, please try switching the theme to
   a default one (e.g. Twenty Seventeen) and checking whether the pingbacks get 
   linked properly; let me know of the results.
 * Thanks for your patience!
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * (@brenr1958)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8917981)
 * Pingbacks worked OK in Twenty Seventeen… but not linking when I went back to 
   Bento theme.
 * One thing I have just noted the pingback shows the link in the Recent Comment
   Widget in my footer but not in the comments section
 * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4RmQEm9UJZTbnpKTzBadFlrLTA/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4RmQEm9UJZTbnpKTzBadFlrLTA/view?usp=sharing)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/).
 *  Theme Author [satoristudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satoristudio/)
 * (@satoristudio)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8921399)
 * Hey BrenR1958,
 * I’ve gotten to the bottom of this, with the following result:
    – full pingback
   support in the theme using native WP functions – pingback author text now links
   to the original mentioning post – added more styling to make pingbacks look better
   in the comment tree
 * These changes will become widely available with the next update of Bento, which
   is coming late March / early April, yet if you need it sooner, you can download
   the new source [here](http://satoristudio.net/files/bento_1.6.4.zip) and overwrite
   the theme’s files manually (note that the theme version has not been incremented
   there, so you won’t be able to update using the native WP automation – so only
   via an ftp client or by uninstalling and reinstalling the theme anew).
 * Sincerely,
    Andrii / Satori Studio
 *  Thread Starter [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * (@brenr1958)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8922140)
 * Thanks for getting back to me… I will wait until the new update comes out.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/).

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 * Last reply from: [BrenR1958](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brenr1958/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-not-displaying-2/#post-8922140)
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