https://janikvonrotz.ch/tags/solutions/ Recent content in Solutions on Janik von Rotz Hugo en-us Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:24:50 +0000 https://janikvonrotz.ch/2014/02/27/disable-trackbacks-and-pingbacks-in-wordpress/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:24:50 +0000 https://janikvonrotz.ch/2014/02/27/disable-trackbacks-and-pingbacks-in-wordpress/ <p>Trackbacks and Pingbacks can be abused for spam and even <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/blogs-of-war-dont-be-cannon-fodder/" title="DDOS attacks">DDOS attacks</a>.</p> <header>To disable trackbacks and pingbacks completely on WordPress, do the following: </header> <div> <h1>Disable for new posts</h1> Uncheck the following setting: <p>Settings&gt;Discussion&gt;Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)</p>