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New: Enable Support for Trackbacks in Disqus

Started by Daniel Ha · 1 year ago

Trackbacks? We haz it. I won’t waste your precious time — here’s how you enable it.
Go to the Configure tab and scroll down to General Settings. Check the box and let it do its thing. This is our support for standard Trackbacks. The real fun approaches to Linkbacks are still to come.

And since this is [...] ... Continue reading »

78 comments

felix
1 year ago

Thanks! This is one of the big features I've been waiting for.

Fake Janice Combs
10 months ago

When will we be able to send pingbacks to other blogs from Disqus?

tonychung
1 year ago

So then I guess this means that disqus isn't capturing trackbacks from posts in my own site. Oh wait, those were pingbacks. I guess they're not the same thing?

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Pingbacks are a bit different. Here's a breakdown:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blog...

Mike Olbinski
1 year ago

Is there no support for pingbacks?

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Not just yet. It's coming.

Pat Hawks
1 year ago

And don't forget about the "Linkbacks" that Google's Blogger uses

tonychung
1 year ago

On my blog the (Trackback URL) link sends me to a page with only the line, "1 Request must be POST." on it. What does that mean?

Thanks for all your help this week!

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

That is the trackback URL, not an actual trackback link.

Dean Simmer
1 year ago

Daniel, I know there are trackbacks out to a few of my new posts, but I still show the "1 Request must be POST" when I click the trackback link. Any thoughts? (http://www.dsimmer.com if you want to look at it.)

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Hi Dean, that isn't a trackback link. It's just the trackback URL for
others to ping.

warren
1 year ago

thanks for the info

KansasGirl
1 year ago

Chumps!

MichelleMcCormack
1 year ago

Hello - I don't know where else to ask this question, so... How can I get Disqus on my wordpress.COM blog. Is it possible? Thanks, Michelle

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Unfortunately, Wordpress.com does not support modules such as Disqus
at this time.

MichelleMcCormack
1 year ago

It's such a drag I didn't know about all these Wordpress.com limitations before. I've already mapped a domain name there, etc. Do you know if they are planning to support this in the future? What service would you recommend?

maxkalehoff
1 year ago

Awesome!

wenjun
1 year ago

Gooooood !!!

Phil Glockner
1 year ago

Ok, Shey Smith and I have been testing this new trackback feature. You can find links to our WP article entries below. As far as we can tell, even with the custom trackback URL field set to the correct disqus article trackback URL (the one in parens), Disqus is not registering receiving the trackbacks. When the article is pinged through the normal trackback mechanism, the trackback shows up in WP comments and (if enabled) the Jangro trackback hack.

http://www.scribkin.com/2008/06/18/trackback-this/
http://www.sheysmith.com/2008/06/17/testing-dis...

Are we doing something wrong?
Is there a place on Disqus (like the community or thread page) we can go to see if trackbacks are actually being received?
Is there a trackback test mechanism we can use that is easier than writing an article with a link in it to a different article?

jessestay
1 year ago

I'm having the same issue - none of the blogs that have linked to me at this URL:

http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/06/19/devel...

are registering as trackbacks. Am I doing something wrong?

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Hi Jesse, I think may be confusing trackbacks with pingbacks. Here is
an explanation on the differences: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blog...

We should clarify this in our feature announcement. Thanks!

jessestay
1 year ago

Any idea if you'll support pingbacks in the future?

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

We will. :)

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

We'll take a look asap. I'm not sure what the issue is right now.

Joe
1 year ago

Awesome job. Trackbacks are one of those small features that don't seem like a big deal but are really important for building community

JC John (ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔/謝施洗)
1 year ago

That's true. Let's hope that this will bring back trackback-ing to the surface.
Those trackback-spams really killed this cool feature on many blogs - turning-off trackbacks altogether.
Disqus can do a revival.

Nicki Brøchner
1 year ago

Finally .. sorry guys but there are just some functions that are pressing ;D ... Can't wait until I get 100% Disqused ;D

Corvida
1 year ago

About time guys! lol Thanks for putting in the hardwork and effort for trackbacks. WOO!

Jonathan
1 year ago

Thankyou. Excellent stuff.

Zuffox
1 year ago

Could I talk you into including an image example of how trackback looks in Disqus?

If it's like usual trackback, It'd be interesting to know if you're considering some sort of separate trackback and comments system - for instance showing comments by default, but including a button to show the trackbacks.

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Today's release is for the standard, traditional trackbacks.

jyoseph
1 year ago

Yessssssssssssss!

(btw, good interview!)

jangro
1 year ago

Cool Daniel. I'll gladly retire my trackbackhack.

Shey
1 year ago

The new Disqus trackback feature doesn't pick up the old trackbacks -- so I'm still using yours.

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Thanks for the hack. It's still applicable for the API version of the WordPress plugin until we release the new version.

Glenn Slaven
1 year ago

Is there any way to import current trackbacks? Also is there a way do disable trackbacks for a particular post while still allowing comments?

theblanchard
1 year ago

Nice!

RacerRick
1 year ago

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

shinchi
1 year ago

congrats!

StevenHodson
1 year ago

RIGHT ON!!!

a real big thank you Daniel - and the rest of the growing team. You have made one loyal fan of Disqus very happy

Rob Loach
1 year ago

So you picked up Julie! Congrats!

EricFriedman
1 year ago

Nice work. Activated.

ijohn
1 year ago

This is awesome! Thanks Daniel! Keep it up!

Phil Glockner
1 year ago

So, in WP do we need to adjust any of the settings regarding pingback and trackbacks? I notice that the trackbacks I already have aren't being picked up (they were with Jangro's hack, of course).

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

You shouldn't need to adjust any settings. I know of Jangro's hack but I'm not intimately familiar with it.

ontarioemperor
1 year ago

Well, at least you aren't sticking your tongue out. :)

bbluesman
1 year ago

Good move Daniel. Keep up the excellent work!

Luke Hoersten
1 year ago

That was a great interview =) I was laughing out loud for real a lot.

mndoci
1 year ago

About time ... just kidding. So glad to see trackback support.

jessestay
1 year ago

Great Work Daniel! Thanks!

Thomas Pham
1 year ago

The spiderman comment at the end was a nice addition to the interview. Good job my man.

micah
1 year ago

finally. 'nuff said.

Sasha Kovaliov aka nlupus
1 year ago

awesome! well done !!!

sampsa
1 year ago

I enabled the trackback function and the title appears under my comments with a link (trackbacks).

I approved a trackback in wordpress comments section. When I click the trackback-link I end up on a page with this text on "1 Request must be POST. "

What?

MortenBlaabjerg
1 year ago

Same here : http://www.kaplak.com/blog/2008/01/14/the-mains...

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

The WordPress trackbacks is not the same as the trackbacks in Disqus.
It sounds like you were clicking on the Trackback URL. This is not a
Trackback link.

MortenBlaabjerg
1 year ago

In other words, I shouldn't go around messing with activating trackbacks for WP?

justinhamilton
12 months ago

Now you need to enable "friendfeed" comments left on blog posts to show back up on the originating blog as comments or trackbacks. You could also add an optionthat allowed someone to CC their blog comment on friendfeed.

JC John (ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔/謝施洗)
1 year ago

Hmm. time to test on blogger/blogspot, you know, Google doesn't want trackback support lol (sarcasm to google meant)

Edit:
Well as first suggestion... - the ability to place the trackback link above the comments (basic) or the ability to position the trackback link freely (advanced)

jangro
1 year ago

Daniel, does the Wordress implementation "eat" trackbacks like it does comments? Meaning, does it intercept and store trackbacks only in Disqus and not let them go into the wordpress database?

If so, then my trackback hack may remain useful to display old trackbacks.

Being on the API version of the plugin I don't have the new feature so I haven't been able to test it out just yet.

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Yes, you're correct.

Glenn Slaven
1 year ago

Yeah, I'm still showing both on my site, there's just to many old trackbacks to turn it off yet

Shawn Collins
1 year ago

I implemented the trackback option on multiple blogs and none have displayed through Disqus. All are still hitting WP.

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Are you pinging the right trackback URL? Disqus has a specific one.

Shawn Collins
1 year ago

It was other people linking to my posts in their posts, so that's why it didn't work.

Any plan for functionality to discover links in that way?

Daniel Ha
1 year ago

Yes, this would be pingbacks. We do have plans for this.

justinhamilton
12 months ago

Now you need to enable "friendfeed" comments left on blog posts to show back up on the originating blog as comments or trackbacks. You could also add an optionthat allowed someone to CC their blog comment on friendfeed.

haraldf
12 months ago

Very nice! But 2 questions remain:

- How to moderate incoming trackbacks? How can I e.g. get rid of my test trackback on http://www.felgner.ch/2008/07/378_site_overview...

- Is there a way to prevent the user from clicking the "(Trackback URL)" with the nasty error? Simple suggestion: Wouldn't a "Trackback URL: http://redfez.disqus.com/amp378_site_overview_a... without using an be better than a link?

Noah David Simon
12 months ago

I am sexier then @IgorTheTroll... that was a test. this isn't working very well on blogger. I can't comment

Daniel Ha
12 months ago

How do you mean?

shirwa
10 months ago

test

ali
10 months ago

thanks daniellll

iskenderun

Italian Restaurant
5 months ago

Cool . Thanks for the guide and interesting video.

Diego Sana
5 months ago

im getting loads of spam in my trackbacks on a wordpress blog, and marking them as spam, or banning the Ip adress in the comments doesnt stop more spam from arriving. Does ip/word filters bans apply to trackback or just to comments? If doenst aplly for trackbacks, it should. Take a look on the spam http://www.sanainside.com/2008/12/18/o-celular-...

qarlaxoxo
4 months ago

Who is that guy in gray shirt? He's cute!

Property Singapore
4 months ago

Would love trackbacks! My favorites are already full with URL's that I would like to have trackbacks for. Now disqus has it. My favorites folder shall be clean,neat and tidy once again!