Title: timeistight's Replies | WordPress.org --- # timeistight [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 69 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/) In reply to: [k2 lite for Sandbox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/k2-lite-for-sandbox/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/k2-lite-for-sandbox/#post-434410) * I had that problem too under WP 2.0. It went away when I upgraded to the latest version. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [When will update-links work?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-will-update-links-work/) * Thread Starter [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-will-update-links-work/#post-350902) * I think there’s some confusion here between services to ping when you update your weblog and services to query to find out who else has updated theirs. I’m happy to continue to ping pingomatic when I update mine, but I’d like to find a working alternative service to query until the pingomatic api gets fixed. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Update-Links.php and Ping-o-Matic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/page/2/#post-320387) * I’d be in a pretty bad state if I’d been holding my breath since January. However, this used to work pretty weel; I can’t see why it can’t be made to work again. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [New Plugin: Blogroll Updater](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-blogroll-updater/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-blogroll-updater/#post-342162) * What service to use, though? It used to weblogs.com, but it got to the point where it was down as often as it was up. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [New Plugin: Blogroll Updater](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-blogroll-updater/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-blogroll-updater/#post-342158) * I agree with niziol: If pingomatic won’t be fixed, then the update-links function should be dropped. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Update-Links.php and Ping-o-Matic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/page/2/#post-320385) * Still not working. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [When will update-links work?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-will-update-links-work/) * Thread Starter [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-will-update-links-work/#post-350579) * Pingoat’s new to me. Any idea how to query it with a list of links? * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [Blogrolling and update-links.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blogrolling-and-update-linksphp/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blogrolling-and-update-linksphp/#post-330596) * The pingomatic API hasn’t worked since the middle of January. Requests for information have fallen on deaf ears. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Update-Links.php and Ping-o-Matic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/#post-320341) * I guess that’s one solution. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Update-Links.php and Ping-o-Matic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-linksphp-and-ping-o-matic/#post-320337) * `$fs = fsockopen('api.pingomatic.com', 80, $errno, $errstr, 5)` * The above code (from wp-admin/update-links.php) has consistently failed with a timeout error since at least January 11, 2006. * Matt Mullenweg has mentioned revamping the api: [http://photomatt.net/2006/01/12/ping-o-scratch/](http://photomatt.net/2006/01/12/ping-o-scratch/). I hope that solves this problem. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Last updated, links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-links/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-links/#post-197182) * Matt Mullenweg says that he has fixed the Pingomatic bug I refer to in “2)” above. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Last updated, links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-links/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-links/#post-197021) * Actually, it only “just worked” when weblogs.com “just Worked”, which has been a rare occurrence lately. * There are, however, a couple of issues with the Pingomatic API: * 1) The number of sites that ping it is still small compared to some of the older blog trackers. * 2) It only recognizes sites in the “[http://domainname.tld”](http://domainname.tld”); format. If a link in your list is in the “[http://www.domainname.tld”](http://www.domainname.tld”); format, the API will not recognize it. * There’s a plugin around that uses [http://blo.gs](http://blo.gs) instead of Pingomatic. You may have more success with it. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [[FYI] Update links 1.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/page/4/#post-145538) * I don’t think it belongs in Mosquito because it’s not a WordPress bug. I think it’s an “undocumented feature” of the Pingomatic API. * I did email Matt Mullenweg about it but he’s off to Europe now, according to his weblog. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [[FYI] Update links 1.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/page/4/#post-145536) * “somehostname.domain.com” is fine; it’s just “www.domain.com” that it doesn’t seem to recognise. I guess a site where “www.domain.com” isn’t the same as “domain. com” is just SOL, as far as Pingomatic is concerned. * I should emphasize that I have no inside knowledge of the workings of Pingomatic– this is just the way things worked for my particular link collection. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [[FYI] Update links 1.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fyi-update-links-15/page/4/#post-145520) * I think I finally figured out why I’ve only been getting updated times for half- a-dozen of the ninety-plus links in my link roll: If the links in your database are of the format “[http://www.timeistight.com,”](http://www.timeistight.com,”); the Pingomatic API won’t recognize them, even if the site pings Pingomatic religously; the Pingomatic API responds only to links without the “www,” e.g., “[http://timeistight.com”](http://timeistight.com”);. Be sure to check links in the database itself, as the Link Manger list trims the “www” automatically. * Fixing this does nothing for those sites that don’t ping Pingomatic, of course, but it’s still a big improvement over they way things were. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 69 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)