Title: Trackback code into my ‘loop’? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Trackback code into my ‘loop’? * [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/) * Hi, I’d like to have a trackback link on my posts with semiologic. I searched and found haloscan which instructs the following: * To install HaloScan for WordPress: Copy and paste the following code anywhere between the and tags in your template: / / * Ok, this is very complicated for me because I’ve had a hard time using the codex help to isolate my main semiologic loop with the advanced changes Denis’ code obviously makes and the many files now in effect. * Truth is I can’t figure it out since I’m not sure which files and where, under theme dir the php files are tiny with almost nothing in them, under cms plugin dir the php files are huge and bewildering! etc. * Can someone help this noob out with some good detail? I’d hopefully like the trackback link to come up maybe just before the horizontal div near the permalink, or under the permalink and email / comment links.. * I know wordpress has pings, but I’d like to encourage other blogs hopefully with a trackback and I couldn’t find anything to turn on such a link so far. * edit: the code is messed by pasting, this is the instructions link, [http://www.haloscan.com/help/InstallonWordPress](http://www.haloscan.com/help/InstallonWordPress) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342451) * Forget haloscan. Haloscan makes it too complicated. There isn’t a setting to check off, the tag has to be in the theme itself. * Read this page: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/trackback_url](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/trackback_url) * Make sure the tag mentioned on that page goes in your template in the loop. Really, that’s all there is. * [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342462) * the tackback link is inserted automatically when pings are on. * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342466) * Hi thanks for replies, * Denis, I think the ping is on under allow pings.. but i’m not getting a url displayed in the posts, is there a parameter switch maybe or something? * When I’m told generally by 3rd party plugins and so on to put something in the‘ main loop’, under your CMS does that main loop become the sem-theme-posts.php file? * thanks! * [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342470) * I don’t recall if I meant the actual trackback url to appear or not last time I reworked the semiologic plugin. if the actually link does not appear when visiting the individual entry, the rational is this: tools that implement trackbacks also implement trackback autodetect, meaning that merely leaving the rdf (which you do not see) is good enough. * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342472) * I think I understood that. There’s a juicy trackback insert option when creating a post to notify other blogs, in order to encourage the reciprocation you should consider having one’s own tackback url displayed on the bottom of posts in CMS on your next revision! * my blog is brand new and someone asked where the trackback url might be for a post, this would help new CMS Semiologic based blogs in generating some traffic to them greatly I imagine. * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342473) * Looking harder there’s a caption for it, and in the posts .php is the parameter: ‘ trackback_url’ => ‘Trackback’, * it’s just not displaying 🙁 * [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342474) * actually, I was thinking of dropping trackbacks entirely. * the whole point in trackback autodiscovery is that you enter the post’s url, rather than an odd-looking trackback link. * pingbacks work better and are less spam prone, in that you merely need to link to the relevant article. * the proper solution, that said, is — imho — a smart referral tracking scheme. it would make so much more sense. * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342475) * swoooom right over my head denis.. You’re way ahead of me now lol, but I noticed your love of AI : ) * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342478) * actually I think I’m understanding, but from what I’m reading wordpress is ahead of other blog software, other software doesn’t even have the ping automation yet from what I’ve read at least, then again I’m 9 days into blogging so don’t take my word for it! * I was thinking more along the lines of being friendlier to non wordpress bloggers * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342481) * Got a link saus? * [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342484) * [on smart tracks](http://www.semiologic.com/2005/03/07/towards-a-credible-alternative-to-trackbacks-and-pingbacks/) * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342485) * sure andrea, with pleasure.. the content is very targetted, right of center, pls don’t take any offense 🙂 * [http://hashmonean.com](http://hashmonean.com) * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342488) * Ahhh.. good read thank you Denis. * You see since I’m new this spam issue has not even occured to me yet. I started with 2.0 and got an api key for the aski plugin and CMS as my first two downloads after doing some reading, before even fantastico installing WP2, these issues were not on my radar! * I think bad guys will hire spammers, doorway makers and every other brand of ‘ ruin it’ no matter what sadly. I hope you revisit some of the cool ideas in the dropped category one day. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342490) * Well, on the main page (index) there isn’t any trackback references at all in the source, and in an individual post page, they’ve been commented out. Hope that helps! 🙂 * Thread Starter [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * (@saus) * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/#post-342503) * I’m sure it will, if they’ve been commented out that means I take it I can remove some slashes somewhere and they’ll appear. * thx Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Trackback code into my ‘loop’?’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [haloscan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/haloscan/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 16 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [saus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saus/) * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-code-into-my-loop/page/2/#post-342507) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics