WordPress Manual Pingbacks Plugin

Version: 1.2.2 Last Updated: 16 Apr 2025

Plugin URL

https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-pingbacks/

Description

This WordPress plugin adds an Add Pingbacks page under the Comments menu, allowing to add referral links aka Pingbacks associated with any type of posts. With this plugin, you can select any published post, media or page where the referral link will appear, add the referring site's name, URL and the content to be displayed.

Simple and effective

• Backwards compatible (WP 5.0+).
• Less than 150 lines of code.
• Just one PHP file.

How to Use

1. Go to the Comments > Add Pingbacks menu.
2. Select the post type, then the desired post, add the referrer site name and URL, and the excerpt or custom content.
3. Click Add Pingback and the referral link will be added to the selected post/page.

Installation

1. Download the zip file and extract the add-pingbacks directory.
2. Upload this directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

Requirements

Smoke test

see also: https://plugintests.com/plugins/wporg/add-pingbacks/latest

Development

Feel free to open issues for bugs and feature requests.