I’m not sure about everyone else, but I know as a WordPress user, it really frustrates me when I link to another post on my blog when I write a new article and it show’s up as a ping back and or a comment in my admin panel. I don’t see a need or a reason for it, so why have it? Self pings are good and bad in a way, and as such some webmaster like and dislike them for reasons too numerous to mention. One bonus about them is that it can increase page views, which is something I am sure every website owner wants. But in the case of WordPress if you use a plugin like Yet Another Related Post, it will help cut down or completely eliminate your ping backs. If you would like to completely disable them, please read on:
- While linking to posts in your own blog, do not use http://. Instead, use relative paths. If I want to link to http://geekdout.net/whatever-link/ then I should use /whatever-link/ and no self pings will show up. If you automatically get the http inserted, just go into the html editor and remove it manually.
- Another method is to use the no self pings plugin. Please be aware that I have not used this plugin or as of yet even tested it so don’t hold me responsible if it doesn’t work correctly or is not easy to install. I typically use method one when doing internal linking and between that and YARP, I never get any ping backs.
I hope that helps everyone, anyone that has any questions about this or anything else feel free to leave a comment or just message me through my about page.
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Shaun,
Since I am using WordPress.com and don’t have the Yet another Related Post plugin, doesn’t it make sense for me to keep the pings?
Thanks.
@Ileane
I would honestly keep the pings. I don’t host my site at the wordpress main site but you should still be able to use YARPP. If I’m wrong please let me know but that’s why I thought they had all of these plugins.