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Wordpress Updates and Pings

by CatherineMay
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I'm still working on my first Wordpress site, and am concerned about excessive pinging.

So far, I'm doing a lot of updating, and I understand that ping-o-matic gets pinged every time. I finally had the bright idea of deleting ping-o-matic from the settings, and since I have pages instead of posts, and don't expect to have more then ten or so when I'm finished, I should be okay, right? I just have to remember to do the pinging myself.

Am I thinking right on this issue, or am I missing something?


Catherine
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  • Profile picture of the author Sarah Russell
    Install a plugin in like MaxBlogPress (that's just the one I use, I'm sure there are others) that control when your posts/pages are pinged - problem solved
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  • Profile picture of the author TheChanger
    Originally Posted by CatherineMay View Post

    I'm still working on my first Wordpress site, and am concerned about excessive pinging.

    So far, I'm doing a lot of updating, and I understand that ping-o-matic gets pinged every time. I finally had the bright idea of deleting ping-o-matic from the settings, and since I have pages instead of posts, and don't expect to have more then ten or so when I'm finished, I should be okay, right? I just have to remember to do the pinging myself.

    Am I thinking right on this issue, or am I missing something?


    Catherine
    You want to use the MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer plugin

    Once the plugin is uploaded and activated go to settings > MBP Ping Optimizer > Check the two boxes that say Enable pinging and Limit excessive pinging in short time - set it to ping at most 1 time within 60 minutes (that's what I use, you can change it if you want).
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    • Profile picture of the author CatherineMay
      Okay, great, two recommendations for the same product. I'll get it today.

      Do I go back to wordpress settings now and put back ping-o-matic, or is pinging built into this other product?


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      • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
        Originally Posted by CatherineMay View Post

        Okay, great, two recommendations for the same product. I'll get it today.

        Do I go back to wordpress settings now and put back ping-o-matic, or is pinging built into this other product?


        Catherine
        I also recommend the above plugin.

        Put pingomatic back into your WP settings and activate the plugin and you are all set.
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