Comments on: Removing the WordPress Generator meta tag completely

By: Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:44 +0000

Hi mkvmovies,
updating to the most recent version of WordPress as soon as it is announced stable is the best thing you can do to prevent your blog from being hacked. Obfuscating the version you’re using might help preventing script kiddies from checking out your site but won’t shy away serious crackers. I still recommend to simply hide the generator, if possible.

By: mkvmovies

mkvmovies — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:11:52 +0000

Works fine for me , but will showing a different generator more safe ? As one of my blogs had been hacked recently =( , I am doing everything to prevent my any other blog from being hacked.

By: Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:01:35 +0000

Hi Dasha,
that’s correct, you just need one of the two where the code you put first is a bit better because it removes the generator information not just from the HTML header of a certain page but from everywhere it might show up, e.g. like in a RSS feed.

By: Dasha

Dasha — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:48:24 +0000

Hello, this is very helpful – thanks!

Just to double check: if I’m using

function rm_generator_filter() { return ''; }
add_filter('the_generator', 'rm_generator_filter');

does it mean that I don’t have to have

remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');

Thanks.

By: Artiklar för Wordpress tema- eller plugin-kodaren | jenst.se

Artiklar för Wordpress tema- eller plugin-kodaren | jenst.se — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:43:54 +0000

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By: Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:59:28 +0000

Hi V.C.,
I haven’t found the reason for this; it seems to happen on some themes only.
Sorry, but I haven’t got a solution for this at the moment.

By: V.C

V.C — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:42:29 +0000

When I paste your code into my function.php, others are disapeared and my theme doesn’t work.
What happen?

By: Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:48:09 +0000

Hi Bob,
thanks a lot for this hint!

By: Bob Soap

Bob Soap — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:44:22 +0000

This is great, thanks!

I’d like to add that when you use an XML sitemap plugin such as Google Sitemap Generator, which depends on that meta tag, the first code will make it break (the sitemap, not the site itself). So better always use your 2nd bit of code and NOT add xml as a file type to that array – like you did. Then it will work just fine.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:55:41 +0000

Hey, thanks man. Yours is better.