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Remove WP Generator Meta Tag

It can be considered a security risk to make your wordpress version visible and public you should hide it.

Put in functions.php file in your theme:

remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');

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  1. S

    this so doesn’t work.

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  2. Metin

    It works fine for me. Thanks Chris.
    Btw, for those who are obsessed with high level of security, this plugin could be of some help.

    Secure WordPress

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  3. sophy

    Thank you Chris it work fine for me

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  4. Junos

    Wow, this works like a charm. It has been removed on all pages.

    I did not think that removing page generator is just so easy like this.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Pusat Mutiara Lombok

    Thank you Chris it work fine for me, nice tips :)

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  6. stORM!

    Very nice works perfectly!
    Thanks for sharing.

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  7. James Kirk

    And that snippet of code still works like a champ, today.

    One thing I remember from a few years ago when trying to remove the WP version generator was the specific theme I was using (apologies for not remembering which one it was) actually had some WP Version generator code in the <head> section of the theme’s header.php files. So, not only was I getting two WP version lines in the output code, this type of version “de-generator” only removed one of them. About pulled my hair out trying to solve the challenge! Finally did, however.

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  8. Connor Gurney

    Hi Chris, I’m the one that tweeted you :)

    Thanks for the code, I was trying to edit the wp_head(); function !! :D

    Thanks again

    Connor

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