Title: Update Services
Author: Dion Hulse
Published: 31 Ottobre 2018
Last modified: 27 Giugno 2020

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# Update Services

Update Services are tools you can use to let other people know you’ve updated your
blog. WordPress automatically notifies popular Update Services that you’ve updated
your blog by sending a [XML-RPC](http://www.xmlrpc.com/) [ping](https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/glossary/?output_format=md#pingback)
each time you create or update a post. In turn, Update Services process the ping
and updates their proprietary indices with _your_ update. 

## Common Usage

Most people use [Ping-o-Matic](https://pingomatic.com/) which, with just one [“ping”](https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/glossary/?output_format=md#pingback)
from you, will let many other services know that you’ve updated. As for why, Ping-
O-Matic puts it best:

> _So why would you want to be on these sites? One word: traffic. Blogrolling scripts
> like WordPress check update services to see if you’ve updated and then shows it
> on everyone’s site — usually by moving you to the top of people’s blogrolling 
> list or putting a recently updated indicator by your link. Services spider your
> links to track who links to you and who you link to; almost in real time. If you
> show up on someone’s link list, they’re likely to visit your site to see what 
> you said, increasing your exposure. Sites like [weblogs.com](http://weblogs.com)
> and [blo.gs](http://blo.gs) list recently updated blogs. Lots of people browse
> these when they’re bored. Many of the services offer their own forms for pinging
> their own service, but keeping track of all those services is a hassle._

If you do not want the update services to be pinged, remove all the update service
URIs listed under “Update Services” on the [Settings](https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/?output_format=md#settings-configuration-settings)-
>[Writing](https://it.wordpress.org/support/article/settings-writing-screen/?output_format=md)
administration screen of your WordPress installation.

[⌊Update Services textarea⌉⌊Update Services textarea⌉[

Certain web hosts – particularly free ones – disable the PHP functions used to alert
update services. If your web host prevents pings, you should stop WordPress from
attempting to ping.

## XML-RPC Ping Services

    ```wp-block-code
    http://rpc.pingomatic.com
    http://rpc.twingly.com
    http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
    http://ping.blo.gs/
    http://ping.feedburner.com
    http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
    http://www.pingmyblog.com
    ```

## Alternatives

 * An alternative is [Feed Shark](http://feedshark.brainbliss.com), which pings 
   over 60 services for free.

## WordPress Multisite Network

By default, editing the Ping Services for a WordPress Multisite network site is 
disabled. This can be re-enabled with a plugin such as the [Activate Update Services](https://wordpress.org/plugins/activate-update-services/)
plugin.