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# WordPress Manual Pingbacks Plugin
**Version:** 1.2.3
**Last Updated:** 5 Mar 2026
**WordPress 7.0 ready**

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### 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.
* Page speed impact: insignificant!
* 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.
4. Click `Add Pingback` and the referral link will be added to the selected post/page.

![Comments → Add Pingbacks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonquasar/add-pingbacks/main/admin-1-comments-add-pingbacks.png)

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

### Requirements
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### Smoke test
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[![PHP compatibility](https://plugintests.com/plugins/wporg/add-pingbacks/php-badge.svg)](https://plugintests.com/plugins/wporg/add-pingbacks/latest)
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see also: https://plugintests.com/plugins/wporg/add-pingbacks/latest

## Development
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Feel free to open issues for bugs and feature requests.