WordPress, at least version 1.5 and older, has no option for displaying trackbacks/pingbacks in the message body, also known as “inline”.
So I had to use Google and a lot of trial-and-error to come up with a solution. The following is what I’ve discovered to implement inline trackbacks in WordPress 1.5.
To solve this problem some enterprising soul have creates plugins. One of the most “famous” was created by Kimberly Emerson and is found at simplykimberly.com or simplykimberly.com/archives/. But as of January 2006 these links are dead.
Then a4g at pointfiveblog was gracious to send me his copy of simplykimberly’s work, along with this caveat:
Attached is the php file we’re using – I think the attached file is the original I downloaded from Kimberly’s site, but it may be the slightly modified version we’re actually using on Point Five, which lists the track/pingbacks in descending order of receipt and may have some style modifications. We modded the actual plugin PHP file, so if it’s not to your liking you’ll have to dig into the coding.
In my searching I also found this from Slobokan’s Site Of Schtuff, and this is what I’m using now.
Either way, drop the .php file into your “/wp-content/plugins/” folder, and activate it via the WordPress Plugin Management page.
Then go to your “index.php” at “/wp-content/themes/.your template./” and put “inline_trackbacks();” (for Kimberly’s plugin) or “<?php ipat(); ?>” (for Slobokan’s plugin) within “The Loop”.
PLEASE NOTE: I am not any sort of WordPress or php guru. Backup everything before doing any editing. I make absolutely no warranties of any sort. I am gladly willing to help to the extent that I have any idea what I’m doing or have already tried.
My specific scenario:
1. I edited my “style.css” to add the following class:
.mytb {
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #dd6900;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 16px;
}2. I uploaded “wp_ipat.php” to “/wp-content/plugins/”
3. I added the following to my “index.php” after the comments/trackbacks line:
<div class="mytb">
<br />
<?php ipat(); ?>
</div>
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