This plugin disables the Pingback functionality in your blog.
As of April 2026, Disable Pingbacks is a WordPress xmlrpc plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Disable XML-RPC.
This plugin disables the Pingback functionality in your blog.
If a request tries to use the pingback method, they will get an error:
“server error. requested method pingback.ping does not exist.”
Note: Disabling pingbacks means you will not receive notifications when other blogs link to your content.
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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