Title: Hide WordPress Version Number in Header
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Hide WordPress Version Number in Header

 *  Resolved [gobeyond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gobeyond/)
 * (@gobeyond)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-wordpress-version-number-in-header/)
 * Hello,
 * I just upgraded a WordPress installation to 4.2.3. I had Better WP Security before.
   I completely uninstalled Better WP Security and installed iThemes Security 4.9.0.
   Every seems to be working OK except in the Header of all the pages, the “generator”
   tag shows up.
    `<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.2.3" />`
 * Is there a way to remove it? I have another site that is running 4.5.10 version
   of iThemes Security and it doesn’t show the generator tag. Is the feature to 
   hide the “generator” tag removed?
 * Your help is much appreciated.
 * Terry
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [Gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/)
 * (@gerroald)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-wordpress-version-number-in-header/#post-6394445)
 * Hey Terry,
 * The feature has been removed in 4.9.0. There’s more information about this release
   in the article below. You can sign up for the newsletter to stay up to date with
   what we’re doing!
 * [https://ithemes.com/2015/08/03/ithemes-security-4-9-0-and-ithemes-security-pro-1-17-0-are-here/](https://ithemes.com/2015/08/03/ithemes-security-4-9-0-and-ithemes-security-pro-1-17-0-are-here/)
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-wordpress-version-number-in-header/#post-6394445)
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