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Output internal pingback/trackbacks on Genesis Wordpress sites
<?php
// remove whatever action your current ping method relies on, typically your comments template
remove_action( 'genesis_pings', 'genesis_do_pings' );
// you can use the comments_text filter hook if you don't have genesis
add_filter( 'genesis_pings', function( $ifca_pings ) {
if ( acme_post_has( 'pings', get_the_ID() ) ) {
echo'<div id="internal-links" class="comment-respond entry-pings">';
echo '<h3>Articles referencing this one</h3>';
echo '<ol>';
wp_list_comments( array(
'style' => 'ul',
'type' => 'pings',
'callback' => 'better_pings',
'short_ping' => true
) );
echo'</ol></div>';
// dont judge my quick and dirty inline css - i know its messy
echo '<style>
.content .entry {
padding-bottom: 0;
}
#internal-links.comment-respond.entry-pings {
font-size: 1.8rem;
padding: 0;
}
#internal-links.entry-pings ol {
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-type: lower-roman;
}
#internal-links.entry-pings ol li {
padding: 28px 25px 24px 36px;
list-style-type: lower-roman;
display: list-item;
}
#internal-links.entry-pings ol li:nth-of-type(odd) {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
border: 1px solid #eee;
}
#internal-links .ref-block {
margin-left: 30px;
margin-top: -30px;
}
#internal-links .ref-block a {
font-weight: bold;
}
.content .entry {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
</style>';
}
return $ifca_pings;
}, 9 );
// annoyingly, all trackbacks/pingbacks are treated like comments in the db
// linking post title gets saved as comment_author()
// linking post url gets saved as comment_author_url()
function better_pings($comment, $args, $depth ) {
?>
<li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
<div class="ref-block"><?php
echo '<i> <a href="' . get_comment_author_url() . '">' . get_comment_author() . '</a>';
// this is just to change the default [...] ellipses output to not have brackets
$comment_text = '&#8230;' . get_comment_text() . '&#8230; </i>';
$comment_text = strval( str_replace('[&#8230;]', '', $comment_text )) ;
echo $comment_text;
?></div>
</li>
<?php
}
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