why are my plugins visible in my source code?

  • Resolved mattneedshelp

    (@mattneedshelp)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    after installing basic plugins and securing my site. i looked in the source code on my home page and found this near the top:

    <link rel="pingback" href="http://xxxxxxxxxxx.com/xmlrpc.php" />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='contact-form-7-css'  href='http://xxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/styles.css?ver=2.1.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-stats-css'  href='http://xxxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-stats/stats-css.css?ver=2.50' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://xxxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.3.2'></script>
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://xxxxxxxxx.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://xxxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" />
<link rel='index' title='' href='http://xxxxxxxxxxxx.com' />

    of course the xxxxxxxxxx represents my site name.

    and then this snippet at the very bottom of my source code :

    </div>

    <script type='text/javascript' src='http://xxxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.form.js?ver=2.02m'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/scripts.js?ver=2.1.1'></script>

    </body>
    </html>

    is it a plugin causing this? someone tell me how to remove this information!

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  • Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    is it a plugin causing this?

    Well sure. It would appear that your contact form plugin is adding that last line, for instance.

    someone tell me how to remove this information!

    Disable the plugin. If the plugin needs JavaScript, you gotta load it!

    Thread Starter mattneedshelp

    (@mattneedshelp)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    im sorry im not too tech savvy. would you happen to know if contact forms7 needs javascript? and if so, how do i load it?

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Since Contact Forms 7 is already loading JavaScript I’m going to assume that it needs it. (it was the last <script> line in your original post)

    You don’t have to load it — it is already loading itself. I’ll confess I might be confused by what you’re asking for, though.

    Thread Starter mattneedshelp

    (@mattneedshelp)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    i was just wanting to hide which plugins i use from anyone looking in my source code. (i hear its a vulnerabilty). you can tell i use stats and contact form 7. after looking at other wordpress blogs source, i can see that some plugins are showing up. i suppose if a plugin is loading javascript and/or css it is just going to show up. i am resolving this issue. but thank you for your help chris_k.

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    It is a good goal but, as you noticed, some plugins are easier than others to hide. If they need JavaScript loaded you get a lot more limited with what you can do.

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