by Scott Reilly 4 (1 reviews)

Silent Publish

Name: Silent Publish
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Scott Reilly

Adds the ability to publish a post without triggering pingbacks, trackbacks, or notifying update services.

Silent Publish ranks #19,906 among WordPress.org plugins with 60+ active installations, is #762 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Feb 14, 2020. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.3 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.8 Current Version v2.8

Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 14 Feb, 2020

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#762 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

View on WordPress.org

Rank

#19,906

— No change

Active Installs

60+

-1.6%

KW Avg Position

— No change

Downloads

6.5K

+4 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 70

Total Progress 50%

60+ 70+

3,444

Ranks to Climb

Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

Pro

Unlock Exact Install Count

See the precise estimated active installs for this plugin, calculated from real-time ranking data.

Exact install estimates within tiers
Track install growth over time
Milestone progress predictions

Upgrade to Pro

Need 5 more installs to reach 70+

Rank Changes

Current #19,906

Change

Best #

Upgrade to Pro

Unlock 30-day and 90-day rank history charts with a Pro subscription.

Upgrade Now

Active Installs Growth

Upgrade to Pro

Active Installs 0,000,000+

Growth +0.0%

Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

Downloads

Growth

Peak

Upgrade to Pro

Unlock 30-day, 90-day, and yearly download history charts with a Pro subscription.

Upgrade Now

Reviews & Ratings

4.0

1 reviews

Overall 80%

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

Track This Plugin

Get detailed analytics, keyword tracking, and position alerts delivered to your inbox.

Start Tracking Free

Plugin Details

Version: 2.8
Last Updated: Feb 14, 2020
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 5.3
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Scott Reilly

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

no ping ping publish trackback update services

Upgrade to Pro

Unlock keyword rankings, search positions, and detailed analytics with a Pro subscription.

Upgrade Now

Similar Plugins

Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer

6K+ installs

#2,757

Master Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Widgets, Mega Menu Builder, Popup Builder, Widget Builder & Template Kits

30K+ installs

#1,015

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

5M+ installs

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More

5M+ installs

Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics

WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance

View all Discussion-and-community plugins

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Silent Publish

Perhaps for a particular post you don't want any external notifications sent out. If checked when the post is published, that post will not trigger the pingbacks, trackbacks, and update service notifications that might typically occur.

Yes. See the Filters section (under Other Notes) and look for the example using the 'c2c_silent_publish_default' filter. You'll have to put that code into your active theme's functions.php file or a mu-plugin file.

If the "Silent publish?" checkbox had been checked at the time a post is published, the field will be shown but will disabled for that published post. Once a post is published, changing the value of the checkbox has no meaning, so there is no need to make it checkable. If you unpublish the post, the checkbox will again be clickable.

If the "Silent publish?" checkbox had not been checked at the time a post is published, the field will no longer be shown for that published post. Once a post is published, changing the value of the checkbox has no meaning, so there is no need to show it. If you unpublish the post, the checkbox will reappear.

Yes. You must first unpublish the post (by making it a draft or pending). Then uncheck the "Publish silently?" checkbox and republish the post. However, it's a bit moot at that point; once a post has been published without having silent publish enabled for it then pingbacks, trackbacks, and other notifications about the post being published have already been sent.

No.

No. your posts will continue to be shared to social media sites upon publication (assuming it is configured to do so by whatever plugins you have in place to share your posts).

Yes.