Title: Trackback/Pingback Spam
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Trackback/Pingback Spam

 *  [nexxai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexxai/)
 * (@nexxai)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/)
 * Starting today, I’ve noticed an influx of TrackBack/PingBack (aka TPBack) spam,
   so I set out in search of an answer.
 * I checked out the TPBack Moderation plugins on mtdewvirus.com and even disabled
   TPBack altogether in the options, however about 5 minutes later, I still got 
   another TPBack spam and it didn’t go to the moderation queue.
 * I’ve also implemented a captcha system for comments, which up until has worked
   quite nicely.
 * Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do to curb this annoyance?

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 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149816)
 * Well, some fixes/suggestions are version-dependent, so it would be helpful to
   know what version of WP you are running.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149822)
 * Nexxai, read “I have disabled trackbacks, but trackbacks continue to be posted.”
   here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam#Q_.26_A](http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam#Q_.26_A)
 *  Thread Starter [nexxai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexxai/)
 * (@nexxai)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149834)
 * NuclearMoose: Dammit, I even had that ready. It’s version 1.2.1
 * macmanx: I will remove those Allow Pings, however, I’m wondering if there is 
   a way to script that, as there are about 100 posts that probably have it set.
 *  [thomasso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasso/)
 * (@thomasso)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149862)
 * That’s what I did to get rid of the track back SPAM, erased the wp-backtrack.
   php file… 🙁 Nothing is secret anymore…. *sheesh* even though it was not getting
   through to the blog itself, it was having out of control SPAM on my E-mail! I’m
   starting to hate poker real back!
 * Thank macrmanx for that link. I’m still running with 1.2.1 until I get some more
   time to do the major upgrade.
 *  Thread Starter [nexxai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexxai/)
 * (@nexxai)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149879)
 * Can anyone write a quick SQL query to run through the post DB and clear the “
   Allow Ping?” flag?
 *  Thread Starter [nexxai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexxai/)
 * (@nexxai)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149885)
 * Just for those who are looking for the same thing:
 *  UPDATE wp_posts SET ping_status=”closed”;
 * Will change all of your previous posts to disallow Pingbacks, to hamper the latest
   round of TPBack spam you might be receiving.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [nexxai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexxai/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbackpingback-spam/#post-149885)
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