In the default WordPress theme (and many others), a trackback link is included in each post’s meta data. Knowledgeable users right-click on the link and copy the link location. But the vast majority of users click the link, only to be redirected back to the very page they were on. All they want is to be able to copy the link, but the standard implementation does not provide the expected result.
wp-TrackbackPopup resolves this issue. It uses unobtrusive JavaScript to cause a popup when someone clicks the trackback link. The popup provides a text version of the trackback url for easy copying and pasting.
A screenshot of the wp-TrackbackPopup Admin interface:
The standard format trackback popup window:
An example of a custom formatted popup window:
Click the “trackback url” link below for an example of how this plugin works.