Stop Pinging Yourself · No Self-Pingbacks on Internal Links

Stops WordPress from sending self-pingbacks when posts link to other posts on the same site.

What you get

• Latest stable plugin ZIP from WordPress.org
• Public source on GitHub for review and contribution
• GPL v2-licensed code, free for personal and commercial use

Install

1. Download the ZIP and upload via Plugins → add New → Upload Plugin.
2. activate from the Plugins screen.
3. No configuration required.

Source code

The full source lives on GitHub at https://github.com/thisismyurl/stop-pinging-yourself-for-wordpress (opens in new tab). Issues and pull requests welcome.

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