A new attempt at fixing ping delays

[ringmaster]

I've written some code that removes the ping functionality from the wp_insert_post(), instead adding some data to the postmeta.

When the next admin page loads (presumably after the post is saved), some new code in the header detects un-pinged, un-trackbacked, and un-enclosed posts. If there are any, an additional <link> is added to the header that references a "stylesheet" that actually does pinging on any posts that still need it.

Patch and new file forthcoming.

Please test.

[ringmaster]

New file to handle pinging exclusively as a "stylesheet"

[matt]

Some browsers wait for the stylesheets before rendering the page. Could you redo this as an iframe or similar?

[ringmaster]

Well, I'm dumb. Use THIS file, same /wp-admin/execute-pings.php. This one uses an iframe in the footer.

[ringmaster]

The new files to use are ping.3.diff and execute-pings.php

This last iteration puts a 1x1 iframe in the admin footer instead of the stylesheet.

[ryan]

(In [2833]) Move pings out-of-band to speed up posting. Props to Owen. fixes #1644