Title: xmlrpc_pingback_error
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# xmlrpc_pingback_error( IXR_Error $ixr_error ): 󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

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

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Default filter attached to xmlrpc_pingback_error.

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

Returns a generic pingback error code unless the error code is 48, which reports
that the pingback is already registered.

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

 `$ixr_error`[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)
required

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

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

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

    ```php
    function xmlrpc_pingback_error( $ixr_error ) {
    	if ( 48 === $ixr_error->code ) {
    		return $ixr_error;
    	}
    	return new IXR_Error( 0, '' );
    }
    ```

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.1](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.1/) | Introduced. |

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