Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::pingback_extensions_getPingbacks
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::pingback_extensions_getPingbacks( string $url ): array|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves an array of URLs that pingbacked the given URL.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Specs on [http://www.aquarionics.com/misc/archives/blogite/0198.html](http://www.aquarionics.com/misc/archives/blogite/0198.html)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$url`stringrequired

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function pingback_extensions_getPingbacks( $url ) {
    	global $wpdb;

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'pingback.extensions.getPingbacks', $url, $this );

    	$url = $this->escape( $url );

    	$post_id = url_to_postid( $url );
    	if ( ! $post_id ) {
    		// We aren't sure that the resource is available and/or pingback enabled.
    		return $this->pingback_error( 33, __( 'The specified target URL cannot be used as a target. It either does not exist, or it is not a pingback-enabled resource.' ) );
    	}

    	$actual_post = get_post( $post_id, ARRAY_A );

    	if ( ! $actual_post ) {
    		// No such post = resource not found.
    		return $this->pingback_error( 32, __( 'The specified target URL does not exist.' ) );
    	}

    	$comments = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT comment_author_url, comment_content, comment_author_IP, comment_type FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d", $post_id ) );

    	if ( ! $comments ) {
    		return array();
    	}

    	$pingbacks = array();
    	foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
    		if ( 'pingback' === $comment->comment_type ) {
    			$pingbacks[] = $comment->comment_author_url;
    		}
    	}

    	return $pingbacks;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L7171-L7206)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call’, string $name, array|string $args, wp_xmlrpc_server $server )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call/)

Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method
logic begins.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [url_to_postid()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/url_to_postid/)`wp-includes/rewrite.php` |

Examines a URL and try to determine the post ID it represents.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::pingback_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_error/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Sends a pingback error based on the given error code and message.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  | 
| [get_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

  | 
| [wpdb::get_results()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/get_results/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Retrieves an entire SQL result set from the database (i.e., many rows).

  | 
| [wpdb::prepare()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/prepare/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Prepares a SQL query for safe execution.

  |

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_extensions_getpingbacks/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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