[cdwed]

I see that users have been asking to fix this problem for years. I am getting hit hard by this on my site. I cannot disable trackbacks. Before I remove BBPress from my site, do you have a patch to fix this annoying problem in your software?
Peter

[Robin W]

I just looked in trac, and fixing this is now a 2.8 goal.

However this looks like it might help

// Force ping_status on bbPress post types 
add_filter( 'pings_open', 'rew_force_ping_status' ); 

function rew_force_ping_status( $open, $post_id = 0 ) { 

// Get the post type of the post ID 
$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id ); 
// Default return value is what is passed in $open 
$retval = $open; 
// Only force for bbPress post types 
switch ( $post_type ) { 
case bbp_get_forum_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_topic_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_reply_post_type() : 
	$retval = false; 
break; 
// Allow override of the override 
return apply_filters( 'rew_force_ping_status', $retval, $open, $post_id, $post_type ); 
} 

[cdwed]

OK…do I put this on a forum page as HTML?

TNX

[Robin W]

no.

The simplest way is to use this plugin

Code Snippets

and put the code in there

[cdwed]

OK I added the plug-in. Can you give some specific instructions on how to enter the code?

Do I do this for each forum page?

TNX Robin.

Peter

[Robin W]

if you have put the code in the plugin – that’s it !

On a load, the code looks to see if it is a topic or reply, and if so turns off pingbacks

[cdwed]

I put in the code and got a syntax error. I loaded it in just as you wrote it. So it will not run.

Can you check on this please?
Here is what you posted:

// Force ping_status on bbPress post types 
add_filter( 'pings_open', 'rew_force_ping_status' ); 

function rew_force_ping_status( $open, $post_id = 0 ) { 

<strong>// Get the post type of the post ID 
$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id ); 
// Default return value is what is passed in $open 
$retval = $open; 
// Only force for bbPress post types 
switch ( $post_type ) { 
case bbp_get_forum_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_topic_post_type() : 
case bbp_get_reply_post_type() : 
	$retval = false; 
break; 
// Allow override of the override 
return apply_filters( 'rew_force_ping_status', $retval, $open, $post_id, $post_type ); 
} </strong>

[Robin W]

you seem to have and in your code, that is not in the version I posted

[cdwed]

I dont get it. I copied your code exactly as below. Is there an AND symbol getting in there in the copy function?

// Force ping_status on bbPress post types
add_filter( ‘pings_open’, ‘rew_force_ping_status’ );

function rew_force_ping_status( $open, $post_id = 0 ) {

// Get the post type of the post ID
$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id );
// Default return value is what is passed in $open
$retval = $open;
// Only force for bbPress post types
switch ( $post_type ) {
case bbp_get_forum_post_type() :
case bbp_get_topic_post_type() :
case bbp_get_reply_post_type() :
$retval = false;
break;
// Allow override of the override
return apply_filters( ‘rew_force_ping_status’, $retval, $open, $post_id, $post_type );
}

[Robin W]

sorry, should have put ‘code’ round the sentence

so should have read

‘you seem to have <strong> and </strong> in your code, that is not in the version I posted’

but if that is not the issue, can you post the exact error you are getting

[cdwed]

OK…here is what I get for an error message:

The code snippet you are trying to save produced a fatal error on line 19:

syntax error, unexpected end of file

[Robin W]

ah – thanks – try this

// Force ping_status on bbPress post types
add_filter( ‘pings_open’, ‘rew_force_ping_status’ ); 
function rew_force_ping_status( $open, $post_id = 0 ) { 
// Get the post type of the post ID
$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id );
// Default return value is what is passed in $open
$retval = $open;
// Only force for bbPress post types
	switch ( $post_type ) {
	case bbp_get_forum_post_type() :
	case bbp_get_topic_post_type() :
	case bbp_get_reply_post_type() :
	$retval = false;
	break;
	// Allow override of the override
	return apply_filters( ‘rew_force_ping_status’, $retval, $open, $post_id, $post_type );
	}
} 

[cdwed]

OK Robin…that worked! I’ll see how it goes.

Peter

[Robin W]

great !