Comments on: The Right Way to Remove WordPress Version Number

By: techispot

techispot — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:17:35 +0000

Sorry to say it is not working with feed, I means it not remove version number from feed, I personally add the function you specified , it remove from my home page source but not from rss page source, you can view my rss page source it is still there http://www.techispot.com/feed

Any one find solution please share

By: brasofilo

brasofilo — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:00:30 +0000

i wanted to keep the generator without the version number, so i’m returning instead of an empty string…

is this correct?

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By: Nacin

Nacin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:12:25 +0000

Removing the generator code has nothing to do with security, frankly. If someone is targeting your site in particular, there are other effective ways to determine a version number. If it’s just a malicious script, it’s going to try every exploit that has ever worked regardless of your version. Indeed, we have never seen an exploit script attempting to do version detection.

Also, the statement “While plugins are great, they somewhat slow your site down,” is a bit misleading in this context, I feel. Yes, a lot of plugins that do heavy-lifting will increase drag on a server. But a good amount of core uses the Plugin API to hook into itself, using the same methods as a plugin. And adding this code to functions.php is doing the same thing.

By: N1NJA

N1NJA — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:43:15 +0000

Thanks dude worked like a charm thanks again keep up the good work

By: Smashing Share

Smashing Share — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:03:17 +0000

Thats really great tip. Working perfect! Thanks

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Paul Myatt – Web Development for Small Business | PAULMYATT.COM — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:20:59 +0000

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By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:34:49 +0000

Would have to agree with you on that: just modding the functions.php would be more efficient than adding a plugin just to remove the version number.

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:56:41 +0000

Do you have a screenshot? Because we activated this function on a few sites and it didn’t show.