Title: Trackback not working Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Trackback not working * Resolved [checkitdown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checkitdown/) * (@checkitdown) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/) * I’ve just started to notice that my trackbacks aren’t working. My site is fairly new, so it’s not a huge problem yet, but I’d like to get it fixed in case the site does eventually get popular. For example, if you were to go to the link belowand then click on the trackback from your site, I’m assuming that you’ll get a 500 error. * [http://holdemauthority.com/blog/harrington-on-hold-em-volume-2](http://holdemauthority.com/blog/harrington-on-hold-em-volume-2) * Can anyone help me fix this? I’m relatively new to all this html & css stuff, so dumb it down as much as you can. Thanks! Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338008) * Do you mean sending trackbacks or receiving them ? * I notice your comment form has no trackback link for people to use. * Thread Starter [checkitdown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checkitdown/) * (@checkitdown) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338080) * Well, I might want to clear that problem up first eh? How do I create a trackback link on my posts? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338084) * Go here: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/) Look just above the comments and you will see `Trackback URI` * If you right-click that, you should then be able to copy the link location. In case you can’t, this is it: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/trackback/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/trackback/) * Now go to your blog. Create a post and write a few words of whatever. Then scroll down under the text area you typed into – but without clicking anything. You should see a Trackbacks box. Into that box paste the Trackback URI Publish your post * Then go to the TestTrack blog and see if your trackback arrives. * Thread Starter [checkitdown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checkitdown/) * (@checkitdown) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338195) * It appears that my trackback did arrive, I got this page to show up: * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/trackback/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/TestTrack/2006/02/14/trackmeet/trackback/) * Now, how do I get a “trackback url” link location like the one you have on your site? * I appreciate all the help, thanks. * Joe * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338198) * I just got a 500 error at your site. You need to add this: ` URI'); ?>` inside the file comments.php * Without seeing your theme though I can’t be more exact. * Thread Starter [checkitdown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checkitdown/) * (@checkitdown) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338210) * Great – I don’t know why I’m getting the 500 error all of a sudden – I’ve done nothing to change my site except for fiddling with this trackback thing. * Try this site: [http://holdemauthority.com/blog](http://holdemauthority.com/blog) * I’ve inserted the code you suggested, and am getting another 500 error. Maybe it has something to do with the theme itself? Or the fact that I’ve got a “more” tab on the article that I tried to work the trackback on? I don’t know, just throwing out the only ideas I can think of. * Thanks * Joe * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338326) * I see you got it working 🙂 * [lmortimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lmortimer/) * (@lmortimer) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338328) * Hi, podz, I just tried to ping your test site and it didn’t work. * What’s the next step in troubleshooting? Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Trackback not working’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [trackback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trackback/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [lmortimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lmortimer/) * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackback-not-working-3/#post-338328) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics