Disable Trackbacks
Globally disables trackbacks to cut down on spam. Very, very few people legitimately use trackbacks and spammers love them, so it's worthy tradeo …
5(1 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 17 years agoAs of April 2026, Disable Trackbacks is a WordPress spam plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
5/51 reviews
200active installs
11K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
When it comes to spam and pingbacks/trackbacks, the vast majority by far is via trackbacks rather than pingbacks. Very, very few people use trackbacks for legitimate uses anymore (I’ve gotten less than 5 in the last 8 months) as WordPress, etc. all use pingbacks now as their primary ping method.
I had already installed Cookies For Comments which successfully stops most spam comments but I still had to deal with the tons of trackback spam. So, I wrote this plugin.
It will disable new trackbacks across your site, both legitimate and spam. However since very few people use trackbacks legitimately, this combined with Cookies For Comments should cut your spam down to next to zero.
Why should I use this plugin over one of those trackback validator plugins?
Most non-Akismet style anti-trac…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
Version 1.0.0
- Initial release.
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