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WordPress WordPress Basics Managing Content in WordPress Comments in WordPress

Posted by kathryndownie
kathryndownie
1,800 Points

Default Article Settings

What do the following options mean? When would we want them to be turned on?

-Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article -Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new articles

1 Answer

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Hi Kathryn,

Click here to read the documentation on WordPress's Settings Discussion Screen. It should give you all the answers you need. Enjoy!

kathryndownie
kathryndownie
1,800 Points

Thanks! I clearly need to become better friends with the Codex.