Posted 1 year ago #
In previous versions of WP it was always the case
that the HTML source code revealed the current version number.
Which I always felt was a big security issue.
I know there is a plugin to remove it but, why was it necessary.
Anyway, looking through the source code of my latest WP3
installs it seems like that piece of generated HTML has
been removed.
Is it true?
Posted 1 year ago #
It was part of the meta tags e.g.
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.9.2" />
Posted 1 year ago #
TWD,
This code is on the blog site I created.
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.0.3" />
Posted 1 year ago #
Anyway, looking through the source code of my latest WP3
installs it seems like that piece of generated HTML has
been removed.Is it true?
Mine are all still clearly visible in the source code on 3.0.3.
There are still some alternatives, if you're concerned about it.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=remove+wordpress+version&sort=
Posted 1 year ago #
Perhaps it depends on how the theme is constructed.
Posted 1 year ago #
It probably depends more on whether or not you use any method of removing or obfuscating it. I think it might be added by a wordpress core file by default.
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.0/wp-includes/general-template.php - starting line 2139, I think.
Perhaps your theme adds a filter to remove the version.
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