Title: Trackbacks and pingbacks?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Trackbacks and pingbacks?

 *  Resolved [lifeisrisky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lifeisrisky/)
 * (@lifeisrisky)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/)
 * Do trackbacks / pingbacks work when you post a comment to another site and use
   the trackback/pingback link as a reference link? For instance I use this as a
   URI for a recent comment:
 * [http://www.lifeisrisky.com/do-follow-pingback-challenge/trackback/](http://www.lifeisrisky.com/do-follow-pingback-challenge/trackback/)
 * So logic would say if the site has No Follow turned off I should receive a trackback/
   pingback in the comment section of that post. Unfortunately that isn’t the case
   so can someone tell me why ? I am about to say something is broken on my blog
   but I want to make sure I am using the trackback/pingback correctly first. Thanks!

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/#post-556346)
 * _Do trackbacks / pingbacks work when you post a comment to another site and use
   the trackback/pingback link as a reference link?_
 * No.
 * If I undersand what you are asking .. you are saying you posted a comment to 
   another blog, and in the URL field you put your own trackback link?
 * All that would do is provide a link to the trackback link when ppl click on your
   name.
 * _So logic would say if the site has …_
 * Thats not how trackbacks work. Trackbacks and pingbacks to **your** own blog’s
   posts are things that are sent from other blog admins as their choice. You cannot
   force one by posting a comment on another site.
 *  Thread Starter [lifeisrisky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lifeisrisky/)
 * (@lifeisrisky)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/#post-556370)
 * That makes perfect sense. I have a test blog and have all the options checked
   around “Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)”
   set on both blogs. When I post a comment on the test blog with a reference in
   the comment itself to the “trackback” link on the other blog, the trackback doesn’t
   show up. I have tried posting from both blogs in the comment section to no avail.
   Now I can put the exact same link in the actual post and it shows up as a trackback/
   pingback just not when it is in the comments. I have the DoFollow plugin installed
   on both blogs as well.
    Help???
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/#post-556373)
 * Comments don’t cause pingbacks and trackbacks. That’s not what they are for and
   that’s not what they do. And no, posting links in comments, no matter what the
   links are, will not make it magically work.
 *  Thread Starter [lifeisrisky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lifeisrisky/)
 * (@lifeisrisky)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/#post-556375)
 * Otto thank you I feel much better now. Glad to know I my blog isn’t broken, it
   simply wasn’t designed to do that. I appreciate it. This is unfortunate though,
   because it seems like that would be a great way to reference posts and follow
   comments.

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

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 * Last reply from: [lifeisrisky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lifeisrisky/)
 * Last activity: [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/#post-556375)
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