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title: "How to Disable Self Pingbacks for WordPress Website?"
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# How to Disable Self Pingbacks for WordPress Website?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Extension (Free) allows users to easily disable self pingbacks on their WordPress site.
- Self pingbacks clutter the comments section and can be perceived as spammy by readers and search engines.
- Users can disable self pingbacks by navigating to Nexter > Extensions > Performance and enabling the toggle in the Advanced Performance section.

As the owner of a WordPress website, you may have noticed that your site generates self pingbacks every time you link to your own content. These pingbacks can clutter your comments section and interfere with the overall user experience.

When you do interlinking for better SEO these self pingbacks can stackup and removing them manually can a headache. But fortunately, with the [Nexter Extension (Free) plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexter-extension/) you can easily disable self pingbacks.

## Learn via Video Tutorial

https://youtu.be/JLlISBBzQFg?t=1522

## What is Self Pingback?

Pingbacks are automatic notifications that are sent to your site whenever someone links to your content from another site. Self pingbacks occur when your site generates a pingback in response to a link that you have created within your own content.

Not only do self-pingbacks take up valuable space in your comment section, but they can also be seen as spammy by both readers and search engines.

## How to Disable Self Pingback Without Plugins?

In WordPress, you can disable self pingbacks without plugins as well, but this will completely disable all pingbacks.

To do this, from the Dashboard go to **Settings** > **Discussion**.

There uncheck **Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the post** option then click on the **Save Changes** button below.

![wordpress disable pingback](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/wordpress-disable-pingback.png)

## How to Disable Self Pingback with The Nexter Extension?  

If you want to disable self pingbacks only not all pingbacks so you can keep track of backlinks you can do that with the Nexter theme.

To do this, go to **Nexter **>** Extension**s > **Performance**.

Then go to the **Advanced Performance** section, enable the toggle, and click on the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/advanced-performance-settings-new-1-1.png)

This will open the Advanced Performance popup, from there scroll down to **Disable Self Pingbacks** and enable the toggle.

Then click on the **Save** button.

![disable self pingbacks](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/disable-self-pingbacks-new.png)

This will disable self pingbacks on your site.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What are the benefits of disabling self pingbacks?**
A: Disabling self pingbacks can enhance user experience by reducing clutter in the comments section, making it cleaner and less spammy. This is particularly useful for sites that heavily interlink their content for SEO, as self pingbacks can accumulate and distract from genuine user interactions.

**Q: Are there any limitations when using the Nexter Extension to manage pingbacks?**
A: While the Nexter Extension allows you to disable self pingbacks selectively, it requires that you have the extension installed and activated. If you disable self pingbacks, you will still receive notifications for external links, which is beneficial for tracking backlinks, but you lose the internal notifications.

**Q: What should I do if self pingbacks still appear after following the steps?**
A: If self pingbacks continue to appear after you've disabled them, ensure that you have correctly followed the steps in the Nexter Extension settings or the WordPress discussion settings. Sometimes, caching plugins may also cause delays in changes taking effect, so consider clearing your cache or checking plugin conflicts.