New: Enable Support for Trackbacks in Disqus

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. More fun Linkback implementations still to come.

And since this is such a short post, I’ll round it off with the latest Wallstrip episode which features Disqus.

I know — you came for feature news and you’re greeted with that mug. Sorry guys, but it is how it is.

Daniel on June 17th 2008 in disqus

  • Thanks! This is one of the big features I've been waiting for.
  • When will we be able to send pingbacks to other blogs from Disqus?
  • 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?
  • Pingbacks are a bit different. Here's a breakdown:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blog...
  • Is there no support for pingbacks?
  • Not just yet. It's coming.
  • And don't forget about the "Linkbacks" that Google's Blogger uses
  • 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!
  • That is the trackback URL, not an actual trackback link.
  • 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.)
  • Hi Dean, that isn't a trackback link. It's just the trackback URL for
    others to ping.
  • thanks for the info
  • KansasGirl
    Chumps!
  • 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
  • Unfortunately, Wordpress.com does not support modules such as Disqus
    at this time.
  • 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?
  • Awesome!
  • Gooooood !!!
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • 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!
  • Any idea if you'll support pingbacks in the future?
  • We will. :)
  • We'll take a look asap. I'm not sure what the issue is right now.
  • Joe
    Awesome job. Trackbacks are one of those small features that don't seem like a big deal but are really important for building community
  • 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
    Finally .. sorry guys but there are just some functions that are pressing ;D ... Can't wait until I get 100% Disqused ;D
  • About time guys! lol Thanks for putting in the hardwork and effort for trackbacks. WOO!
  • Thankyou. Excellent stuff.
  • 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.
  • Today's release is for the standard, traditional trackbacks.
  • Yessssssssssssss!

    (btw, good interview!)
  • Cool Daniel. I'll gladly retire my trackbackhack.
  • The new Disqus trackback feature doesn't pick up the old trackbacks -- so I'm still using yours.
  • Thanks for the hack. It's still applicable for the API version of the WordPress plugin until we release the new version.
  • Is there any way to import current trackbacks? Also is there a way do disable trackbacks for a particular post while still allowing comments?
  • Nice!
  • Yeah, that's pretty cool.
  • congrats!
  • 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
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