The difference between Pingback and Trackback?

lawrencegordon

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Hi folks,
I don't know how to use pingback and trackback in my wordpress blog, are there any advantages when using these functions and what is the difference between pingback and trackback?
 

elcidofaguy

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Hi Lawrencegordon,

Here is a good explanation:

Trackbacks and pingbacks are methods for alerting blogs that you have linked to them. The difference between them is:

Trackbacks must be created manually, and send an excerpt of the content.
Pingbacks are automated and don't send any content.

Source: Wordpress Org

In addition I really recommend that you read this post...

As you will see I am not a fan of pings/trackbacks due to the risk of stolen content, spam commenting and DDOS attacks...

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Sid
 
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