How to stop pingbacks on links to my own site?

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  eugenebicyclist · Member · Aug 31, 2011 at 9:35 pm

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  I often link to my own earlier posts, but I don’t like having pingbacks show up because of that. But I don’t want to turn off pingbacks entirely. Just my own pingbacks.

  Any way to do that? If not, maybe a feature you could work in at some point?

  Thanks. Love WP. You guys are great.

  — Bob
  aka Eugene Bicyclist
  Blog url: http://eugenebicyclist.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Sep 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm

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  Hi Bob,

  Unfortunately, users are unable to turn off pingbacks that are specific to one user, such as themselves.

  If you’re primarily concerned about having your “self-“pingback appear in your post’s Comments section, you can always change your settings to moderate all comments and pingbacks to your stie via your Dashboard > Settings > Discussion.

  Additionally, you always have the option to delete the pingback.

  I apologize that this doesn’t quite solve the problem you’re experiencing, but hope that it’s a useful alternative!

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  eugenebicyclist · Member · Sep 1, 2011 at 5:05 pm

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  Thanks for the reply. Yeah, usually I just trash my own pingbacks. That’s fine. I was just wondering if there was a way I could avoid that step.

  On the other hand, I suppose they could be useful if somebody lands on an old post and could use it to find their way to a related newer post.

  But I usually feel like they sort of clutter up any comment thread.

  Thanks.