WordPress Ping List 2026: Update Services That Still Work
What should be in your WordPress ping list in 2026? Back in 2006, bloggers collected long lists of ping services so every new post would be announced to Technorati, Weblogs.com, blog directories and search engines. Most of those services have closed, and long ping lists now only slow down publishing. Here is the short, modern WordPress ping list and the faster ways to get new posts indexed today.
Quick answer: Keep only http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ in Settings > Writing > Update Services. Delete old ping URLs, since most are dead. For faster indexing, submit your XML sitemap in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, and turn on IndexNow with an SEO plugin like Rank Math or Yoast.
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What is a WordPress ping list?
When you publish a post, WordPress sends a small XML-RPC “ping” to every address in its Update Services list. The ping says “this site has new content”, and services like Ping-o-Matic pass it on to feed readers and blog trackers.
How to edit your WordPress ping list
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
- Go to Settings > Writing.
- Scroll to Update Services. WordPress adds
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/by default. - Add or remove ping URLs, one per line, and click Save Changes.
If you do not see Update Services, your site is set to discourage search engines under Settings > Reading. Untick that option on a live site.
The best WordPress ping list for 2026
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/That is it. Ping-o-Matic (external site), run by Automattic, already forwards your ping to the remaining services. The giant ping lists that once had 50 to 100 URLs are full of dead domains, which make WordPress slower when you publish and can cause timeouts.
Why pinging matters less now
- Google stopped using sitemap pings. In 2023 Google retired its sitemap ping endpoint and now discovers updates through crawling and sitemaps.
- Blog directories are gone. Technorati, Weblogs.com, Google Blog Search and most RSS trackers have closed.
- Search engines crawl popular sites often. Internal links and good content get new posts found quickly.
Faster ways to get new posts indexed
- XML sitemap: WordPress and SEO plugins create one automatically. Submit it in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools (external site), and add your sitemap to robots.txt.
- IndexNow: an open protocol that instantly tells Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver and other participating search engines about new or updated URLs. Rank Math, Yoast and All in One SEO support it, or use the official IndexNow (external site) setup.
- Internal links: link to your new post from older popular posts and your homepage.
- Search Console URL Inspection: request indexing for an important page, though Google limits how often you can do this. More options in our list of free Google SEO tools.
- Share it: posting on social media and in your newsletter brings visitors and helps discovery.
Should you remove all ping services?
No need. Ping-o-Matic is harmless and still helps some feed readers. Just avoid long lists of old URLs.
FAQ
Does pinging help SEO?
Very little in 2026. It does not improve rankings. Sitemaps, IndexNow and internal links matter more for indexing.
Can too many ping services hurt my site?
They can slow publishing and, on some hosts, trigger spam limits. Keep the list short.
Does WordPress ping when I update a post?
WordPress pings when a post is published. Edits to older posts do not usually trigger a ping, which is another reason to use IndexNow.
Which update services do you still use? Tell us in the comments.
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Thanks for the list, I had a question, this post is 4 years old, is it still up to date? From what I understand the wordpress default pingomatic setting pings out to all of these anyways
Thanks for the list, I had a question, this post is 4 years old, is it still up to date? From what I understand the wordpress default pingomatic setting pings out to all of these anyways, meaning nothing would need to be changed as it in like an all in one pinging service. Is this true?
Thanks for the explanation and the ping list. I think I have been overdoing pingomatic and needed a fresh approach.
Here are some common ping services you can use.
Nice pinglist. Having a huge pinglist may delay your posting time. I think this list is listed on Pingomatic itself, is it better to ping thse list directly instead of pinging it via pingomatic?
“thanks for list provided”
Pinging definitely helps with traffic. I have been using BlogBuzzer.com
Your post have enlightened me about ping service. Thanks tons…
WordPress normally pings pingomatic. This gives you more power to ping servers you like.
I can’t understand a thing.
I use a plugin that ping from wp.
If I use other service is a godd thing or not?
Thanx for the advice. Earlier I used to manually ping. With the automatic service, it saves my time.
you can add to the list :)
You should try autopinger at http://autopinger.com and add it to your list of pingers. It’s an awesome tool.
If you liked our pingoat.com site you will love our newest ping site at http://www.ipings.com Check it out as it has many rss feeds resources and is pretty uniques I think. :-)
Regards,
Tim Phelan
owner pingoat.com and ipings.com
Write post takes some time in WordPress after you press publish. It attempts to post trackbacks to all the urls in your post.
Is this list working for you.
I I replace rpc.pingomatic.com with this list.
The write post is not working…. hanging when you press submit.