What does this plugin do?

This plugin disables intra-blog pinging, which means it stops WordPress from sending pings from your own site to your own site when you write posts.

Why would someone want to disable intra-blog pinging?

Some people do not like this behavior as it clutters up their comments.

Is there anything to do after activating the plugin?

No, once activated, there's nothing for you to do.

Can I specify more domains that won't be pinged?

Yes, you can specify more domains in the Settings -> Discussion section. This is useful if you often refer to other sites that you maintain or if you run a multi-site and don't want each blog pinging the other.

Who developed this plugin?

This plugin was originally developed by Michael D. Adams.

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Validity: Nov 24 - Dec 05, 2025

CODE: INSTA41

No Self Pings

? Keeps WordPress from sending pings to your own site.

Rating:

4.3

Active Installations:

10000+

Last Updated:

Nov 01, 2024

WordPress Version:

4.6 or higher

Tested up to:

6.7.2

Features Download’s trend Changelog Reviews

No self-pinging

Stop intra-blog pings.

This plugin disables the automatic pinging feature in WordPress, preventing your own site from sending pings to itself when you write posts. This helps to reduce clutter in your comments section and keeps your site more organized.

Streamline comment section

Disable intra-blog pings.

Author’s Site

This plugin uses semantic versioning, with the first release being 0.1.

1.2

Enhancement: Code quality improvements
Enhancement: Because the code size was getting a little spicy, I’ve split into smaller, more manageable, files
Maintenance: I’ve been really inconsistent with my naming, and that may have been causing some issues – I’ve now corrected all references of no-self-pings to no-self-ping (except for the setting database name, which hasn’t been corrected).

1.1.5

Bug: Oh boy. Ever have one of those Thursdays? I restored the settings description in the last release but then managed to break some of the content of that sentence. It’s now… fixed. I hope

1.1.4

Bug: Fixed some missing output on the settings screen. Oopsie

1.1.3

Enhancement: Improved plugin meta
Maintenance: Beefed up code quality even more

1.1.2

Enhancement: Because minimum VIP standards are just not enough, it now follows their hard-as-snails, full-strength standards. Because your code is worth it
Enhancement: Improved accessibility where we’ve added the new field to the admin settings, so it’s now WCAG 2.0 compliant

1.1.1

Enhancement: Code quality enhancements to bring it in line with WordPress.com VIP coding standards

1.1

Enhancement: A second update in the same month? It’s like all our Christmas’ come at once. Well, I’ve now added an (optional) field to the Discussion settings so that you can specify even more domains that should’t be pinged. You’re welcome.
Enhancement: Added additional security – escape all the things!

1.0

Enhancement: Now using home_url() instead of get_option( 'home' ), as it’s more SSL friendly
Enhancement: Added plugin meta

0.2

Enhancement: Argument removed

0.1

Initial release

Does what I need it to

By Chris Lovie-Tyler (chrislt) on April 19, 2024

Thanks!

Works like a charm

By ohrenbaer on January 9, 2024

Manually disabling self-pings via functions.php stopped working for me a few months ago. So I had to rely on this plugin.

I'm happy to say that it works properly. Also, it doesn't annoy me with notifications or tries to sell me some upgrades. It just runs invisibly in the background.

The dev answers questions quickly and in a friendly manner, which is much appreciated.

Doesn't Work!

By xavierremington on November 27, 2021

It stops pings from the Wordpress blog it's installed in but not from other ones on the same domain. I entered every URL variation and it refuses to work.