[wp-hackers] Wordpress 2.0 trackback issues

[Sebastian Herp]

The problem is not with execute-pings.php. The problem lies in the 
function that calls this script. If you have a row in your 
wp_posts-table where "to_ping" has some faulty data in it, the function 
hangs in an endless loop and never executes the trackback (calling 
execute-pings.php) ... you can see this in your webservers logfile.

The problem is described here:
http://blog.serv.idv.tw/2005/12/29/380/
and here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/54145

and was fixed here (at least for me):
http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3384

Greetings,
Sebastian

Mark B. wrote:

> Many of us are having issues sending trackbacks using WP 2.0.  Some 
> claim they are not but are perhaps confusing trackbacks and pingbacks.
>
> This is not the issue with whitespace in the to_ping field in the 
> wp_posts table because after you publish and the trackback fails you 
> can go to wp-adming/execute-pings.php and it will usually send the 
> trackback (still seems intermittent).
>
> I know execute-pings.php is being called because the pingbacks are 
> going out just fine but the trackbacks never work until you call 
> execute-pings.php alone after the post is published.
>
> I've been messing around with execute-pings.php (both modifying it and 
> calling it in different places but I've had no luck yet.
>
> I've had minor success by making the posting form action go to 
> execute-pings.php then having execute-pings.php redirect as needed but 
> then it seems to ignore pingbacks and if you have more than one 
> trackback only one gets sent.
>
> It has been rather frustrating.  Has anyone got any ideas?
>
> Thanks
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