diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index 36a277aeea..49ddda8b6d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -2405,19 +2405,23 @@ function do_all_pings() {
  * Perform trackbacks.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
+ * @since 4.7.0 $post_id can be a WP_Post object.
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param int $post_id Post ID to do trackbacks on.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Post object or ID to do trackbacks on.
  */
-function do_trackbacks($post_id) {
+function do_trackbacks( $post_id ) {
 	global $wpdb;
-
 	$post = get_post( $post_id );
-	$to_ping = get_to_ping($post_id);
-	$pinged  = get_pung($post_id);
-	if ( empty($to_ping) ) {
-		$wpdb->update($wpdb->posts, array('to_ping' => ''), array('ID' => $post_id) );
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	$to_ping = get_to_ping( $post );
+	$pinged  = get_pung( $post );
+	if ( empty( $to_ping ) ) {
+		$wpdb->update($wpdb->posts, array( 'to_ping' => '' ), array( 'ID' => $post->ID ) );
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -2440,10 +2444,11 @@ function do_trackbacks($post_id) {
 		foreach ( (array) $to_ping as $tb_ping ) {
 			$tb_ping = trim($tb_ping);
 			if ( !in_array($tb_ping, $pinged) ) {
-				trackback($tb_ping, $post_title, $excerpt, $post_id);
+				trackback( $tb_ping, $post_title, $excerpt, $post->ID );
 				$pinged[] = $tb_ping;
 			} else {
-				$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET to_ping = TRIM(REPLACE(to_ping, %s, '')) WHERE ID = %d", $tb_ping, $post_id) );
+				$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET to_ping = TRIM(REPLACE(to_ping, %s,
+					'')) WHERE ID = %d", $tb_ping, $post->ID ) );
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -2474,18 +2479,28 @@ function generic_ping( $post_id = 0 ) {
  * Pings back the links found in a post.
  *
  * @since 0.71
+ * @since 4.7.0 $post_id can be a WP_Post object.
  *
- * @param string $content Post content to check for links.
- * @param int $post_ID Post ID.
+ * @param string $content Post content to check for links. If empty will retrieve from post.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Post Object or ID.
  */
-function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
+function pingback( $content, $post_id ) {
 	include_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php' );
 	include_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php' );
 
 	// original code by Mort (http://mort.mine.nu:8080)
 	$post_links = array();
 
-	$pung = get_pung($post_ID);
+	$post = get_post( $post_id );
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	$pung = get_pung( $post );
+
+	if ( empty( $content ) ) {
+		$content = $post->post_content;
+	}
 
 	// Step 1
 	// Parsing the post, external links (if any) are stored in the $post_links array
@@ -2501,7 +2516,7 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 	// We don't wanna ping first and second types, even if they have a valid <link/>
 
 	foreach ( (array) $post_links_temp as $link_test ) :
-		if ( !in_array($link_test, $pung) && (url_to_postid($link_test) != $post_ID) // If we haven't pung it already and it isn't a link to itself
+		if ( ! in_array( $link_test, $pung ) && ( url_to_postid( $link_test ) != $post->ID ) // If we haven't pung it already and it isn't a link to itself
 				&& !is_local_attachment($link_test) ) : // Also, let's never ping local attachments.
 			if ( $test = @parse_url($link_test) ) {
 				if ( isset($test['query']) )
@@ -2522,7 +2537,7 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 	 * @param array &$pung       Whether a link has already been pinged, passed by reference.
 	 * @param int   $post_ID     The post ID.
 	 */
-	do_action_ref_array( 'pre_ping', array( &$post_links, &$pung, $post_ID ) );
+	do_action_ref_array( 'pre_ping', array( &$post_links, &$pung, $post->ID ) );
 
 	foreach ( (array) $post_links as $pagelinkedto ) {
 		$pingback_server_url = discover_pingback_server_uri( $pagelinkedto );
@@ -2530,7 +2545,7 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 		if ( $pingback_server_url ) {
 			@ set_time_limit( 60 );
 			// Now, the RPC call
-			$pagelinkedfrom = get_permalink($post_ID);
+			$pagelinkedfrom = get_permalink( $post );
 
 			// using a timeout of 3 seconds should be enough to cover slow servers
 			$client = new WP_HTTP_IXR_Client($pingback_server_url);
@@ -2552,7 +2567,7 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 			$client->debug = false;
 
 			if ( $client->query('pingback.ping', $pagelinkedfrom, $pagelinkedto) || ( isset($client->error->code) && 48 == $client->error->code ) ) // Already registered
-				add_ping( $post_ID, $pagelinkedto );
+				add_ping( $post, $pagelinkedto );
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 6376e90bfd..cd6233fee8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -3991,19 +3991,32 @@ function wp_transition_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
  * Add a URL to those already pinged.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
+ * @since 4.7.0 $post_id can be a WP_Post object.
+ * @since 4.7.0 $uri can be an array of URIs.
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param int    $post_id Post ID.
- * @param string $uri     Ping URI.
+ * @param int|WP_Post  $post_id Post object or ID.
+ * @param string|array $uri     Ping URI or array of URIs.
  * @return int|false How many rows were updated.
  */
 function add_ping( $post_id, $uri ) {
 	global $wpdb;
-	$pung = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT pinged FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $post_id ));
-	$pung = trim($pung);
-	$pung = preg_split('/\s/', $pung);
-	$pung[] = $uri;
+
+	$post = get_post( $post_id );
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	$pung = trim( $post->pinged );
+	$pung = preg_split( '/\s/', $pung );
+
+	if ( is_array( $uri ) ) {
+		$pung = array_merge( $pung, $uri );
+	}
+	else {
+		$pung[] = $uri;
+	}
 	$new = implode("\n", $pung);
 
 	/**
@@ -4015,9 +4028,9 @@ function add_ping( $post_id, $uri ) {
 	 */
 	$new = apply_filters( 'add_ping', $new );
 
-	// expected_slashed ($new).
-	$new = wp_unslash($new);
-	return $wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'pinged' => $new ), array( 'ID' => $post_id ) );
+	$return = $wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'pinged' => $new ), array( 'ID' => $post->ID ) );
+	clean_post_cache( $post->ID );
+	return $return;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -4059,16 +4072,19 @@ function get_enclosed( $post_id ) {
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
- * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
+ * @since 4.7.0 $post_id can be a WP_Post object.
  *
- * @param int $post_id Post ID.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Post ID or object.
  * @return array
  */
 function get_pung( $post_id ) {
-	global $wpdb;
-	$pung = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT pinged FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $post_id ));
-	$pung = trim($pung);
-	$pung = preg_split('/\s/', $pung);
+	$post = get_post( $post_id );
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	$pung = trim( $post->pinged );
+	$pung = preg_split( '/\s/', $pung );
 
 	/**
 	 * Filters the list of already-pinged URLs for the given post.
@@ -4084,16 +4100,19 @@ function get_pung( $post_id ) {
  * Retrieve URLs that need to be pinged.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
+ * @since 4.7.0 $post_id can be a WP_Post object.
  *
- * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
- *
- * @param int $post_id Post ID
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post_id Post Object or ID
  * @return array
  */
 function get_to_ping( $post_id ) {
-	global $wpdb;
-	$to_ping = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT to_ping FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $post_id ));
-	$to_ping = sanitize_trackback_urls( $to_ping );
+	$post = get_post( $post_id );
+
+	if ( ! $post ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	$to_ping = sanitize_trackback_urls( $post->to_ping );
 	$to_ping = preg_split('/\s/', $to_ping, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
 
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 1088c2769d..23c6a160e3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.7-alpha-38851';
+$wp_version = '4.7-alpha-38852';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.