Disabling Trackbacks

You may want to disable trackbacks. Here are the steps:

  • Login to your WordPress Dashboard. In the main menu, click the Settings menu and then select the Discussion menu
  • uncheck the box Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

This will disable Trackbacks on all posts and pages you create from now on. However, any posts or pages you have created may still have Trackbacks enabled.


To disable checkback on a previously created post or page, open the editor for that post/page.


Once you have opened the post/page. From the right-hand navigation, scroll down to the Discussion page and then check the following menu as shown belowcheck the box Allow backlinks and pingbacks on this page

Click Update on the post/page to save your changes.

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