[wp-hackers] automatically trackbacking a url if post is in given category

[Graham Walker]

Great idea--I suggested this to the Trott when I was alpha/beta
testing TypePad. Thought it'd be a really cool feature; kind of like a
blog-post version of del.icio.us.

graham

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:36:09 -0500, Matt Mullenweg <m at mullenweg.com> wrote:
> Tara Star wrote:
> 
> > e.g., each time I post something to my "Music" category, I would like WP
> > to trackback http://topicexchange.com/t/music/ -- can that be done? Does
> > a plugin/hack for this exist? (otherwise I'll end up doing it if nobody
> > does ;-))
> 
> Suggested implementation:
> 
> Addtional field in category table (like category_trackback) with a newline
> separated list of URIs to ping when a post is made to a category. Then use
> the publish/edit action hooks to do the proper pinging when a post is
> published. Already pinged URIs should be saved in the post level field for
> this.
> 
> --
> Matt Mullenweg
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> 
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