HowTo configure Smart Update Pinger

Smart Update Pinger is Wordpress plugin that replaces the built-in update ping functionality. Instead of always pinging when saving a post, the plugin only pings when the post has not previously been published. Edits of posts are "silent", in contrast with the default behaviour. Also, you can see a log for the latest pings, together with error messages (in the options page).

Installation

1. Download the zip archive
2. Extract the PHP file from the archive
3. Put it in your wp-content/plugins directory
4. Make sure WordPress/PHP can write to the wp-content directory (chmod 777)
5. Activate it in the Administration Panel
6. Review the options in Options/Smart Update Pinger (Optional step. By default your previously chosen services will be pinged.)

This is explanation from official web site, but after activation you’ll maybe receive this error:

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To avoid this error, perform these steps:

• with notepad create smart-update-pinger.log file
• upload that file into your wp-content directory
  

That’s it, plugin will work. To use this plugin just enter the services you want to ping. If you don’t know which services you have to ping, check this article: "WordPress Ping List".

Happy blogging…