{"id":60423,"date":"2011-06-10T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/generator-obfuscator\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T23:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T23:55:20","slug":"generator-obfuscator","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/generator-obfuscator\/","author":7095850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"3.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"3.1.4","requires":"3.0","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Generator Obfuscator","header_author":"Robert Wise","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2011-06-10 23:55:20","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/CodeAndReload.com","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/CodeandReload.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":3154,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","screenshots","changelog","other_notes"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-60423","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_committers-codeandreload"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/generator-obfuscator.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>This plugin can be used to change the 'generator' meta tag on your WordPress pages to confuse hackers, script-kiddies, etc.  You can choose from a number of common CMS-type products to be listed instead of WordPress, or you can remove the generator meta tag entirely.    In addition, the generator meta tag can be changed automatically based on the day of the week (a different one chosen each day), or randomly on each load of the page.<\/p>\n\n<p>Many hacking attempts start by examining the generator meta tag in order to determine what type of software is running on a website and use this information as a starting point for an attack.  While not providing any real security against a sophisticated hacker, this could cause automated scripts or inexperienced hacker-wannabes to attempt exploits against a different type of software than the WordPress that you are actually running, thereby reducing the likelihood of a successful exploit.<\/p>\n\n<p>It provides a small, additional layer of security for your WordPress-based site.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<p>Installation is simple and straight-forward:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upload <code>generator-obfuscator.zip<\/code> to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Configure the plugin options under the 'Tools-&gt;Change Generator Options' menu in WordPress. Don't forget to Save Changes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<h4>How does the randomizer feature work with caching?<\/h4>\n\n<p>Obviously, if a page is served from cache, the generator meta tag will contain the value that it had when it was cached. Each time the cache is updated, the generator meta tag will also be updated.  Generator Obfuscator will not override the cache, but the cache will effectively (and temporarily) override the randomization of the generator meta tag.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=screenshots-->\n<ol class='screenshots'>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<img class='screenshot' src='screenshot-1.png' alt='generator-obfuscator screenshot 1' \/>\n\t\t<p>This is the Generator Obfuscator settings added to the 'Tools-&gt;Generator Obfuscator Options' menu.<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<img class='screenshot' src='screenshot-2.png' alt='generator-obfuscator screenshot 2' \/>\n\t\t<p>This shows a snippet of HTML code showing the generator meta tag as generated by WordPress.<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<img class='screenshot' src='screenshot-3.png' alt='generator-obfuscator screenshot 3' \/>\n\t\t<p>This shows the same HTML code, but with the generator meta tag indicating (falsely) that the page was generated by Joomla!<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial public release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=other_notes-->\n<h3 id='Support'>Support<\/h3>\n<p>Technical support for this plugin will be provided via the WordPress plugin forum.  Additional support may be\navailable at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeandreload.com\/wp-plugins\/generator-obfuscator\/\" title=\"Generator Obfuscator at Code and Reload\">plugin's homepage<\/a>.<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"Changes or removes the generator meta tag to confuse hacking scripts, etc., to provide a small, additional layer of security.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/60423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60423"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/codeandreload"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=60423"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=60423"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=60423"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=60423"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=60423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}