{"id":67,"date":"2005-07-26T21:39:02","date_gmt":"2005-07-26T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thunderguy.com\/semicolon\/fixback-wordpress-plugin\/"},"modified":"2010-03-08T21:05:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T08:05:47","slug":"fixback-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/semicolon\/wordpress\/fixback-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"FixBack: a WordPress plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest version is 1.1.<\/em><\/p>\n

FixBack is a WordPress<\/a> plugin that ensures trackbacks and pingbacks are sent with the correct link back to your blog. This fixes a problem in the current version of WordPress.<\/p>\n

Basic (unfancy) WordPress permalinks look like this:
\nwww.blog.com\/index.php?p=42<\/code><\/p>\n

If you have fancy permalinks enabled, you’ll have fancy permalinks that look like this:
\nwww.blog.com\/2005\/07\/11\/ecky-thump\/<\/code><\/p>\n

If you publish a post and send pingbacks or trackbacks to other blogs, your permalink URL is sent as part of the ping\/trackback.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, if you create a post in WordPress 1.5.1.3, save it as a draft, and then publish it, then WordPress will send pingbacks and trackbacks with the unfancy URL instead of the fancy one. The same thing happens if you create a post and click “Advanced Editing” before publishing it. (Behind the scenes, WordPress creates a draft when you do this.)<\/p>\n

This plugin fixes this error. There is a very detailed explanation of the problem and the solution in my WordPress pingback and trackback bug<\/a> post.<\/p>\n

Compatibility<\/h2>\n

Fixback works with WordPress versions 1.5.1.1 and higher. However, WordPress 2 fixes the pingback\/trackback bug, so Fixback is not necessary if you’re using WordPress 2.<\/p>\n

Installation<\/h2>\n
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  1. Download the fixback.php file (see the end<\/a> of this article for download location)<\/li>\n
  2. Copy fixback.php into your WordPress plugins directory (wp-content\/plugins).<\/li>\n
  3. Log in to WordPress Admin. Go to the Plugins page and click Activate for FixBack<\/li>\n
  4. That’s all<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>Download<\/h2>\n

    You can download fixback.php<\/a> or view the source code<\/a>. Don’t forget to check out all the other plugins available here — there’s bound to be one that you will find useful.<\/p>\n

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