Title: Trackbacks from blank source
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Trackbacks from blank source

 *  [gabernx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabernx/)
 * (@gabernx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-from-blank-source/)
 * I disabled trackbacks on my site, but broken link checker is still showing me
   new ones every day, but they have no source. Any idea what’s going on here?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)

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 *  [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-from-blank-source/#post-5664357)
 * If I recall correctly, turning off trackbacks under _Settings -> Discussion_ 
   only disables them for new posts. It doesn’t affect existing posts. Could it 
   be that some of your old posts still have trackbacks enabled?
 *  Thread Starter [gabernx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabernx/)
 * (@gabernx)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-from-blank-source/#post-5664383)
 * The reason why I don’t think that is is, is because I used a plugin called Simple
   Trackback Disabler which eliminates these form the database and blocks further
   ones on new and old posts. It seems to be working fine, but there is a huge growth
   of new trackbacks. Does it mean anything that its only trackbacks, they all have
   no source and all got to 404?
 *  [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-from-blank-source/#post-5664387)
 * > Does it mean anything that its only trackbacks, they all have no source and
   > all got to 404?
 * Sorry, I don’t know.
 * Are all the trackbacks from the same IP address, or different ones?

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 * Last reply from: [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trackbacks-from-blank-source/#post-5664387)
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