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Hide WP version Free

Hide the WordPress version number

Remove the WordPress version from the generator tag in your page source and from feeds.

Download free or read the Hide WP version docs

Free on WordPress.org, with nothing locked behind Pro.

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Free
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Why you need Hide WP version

WordPress prints its exact version in every page. Scanners use it to match your site against known vulnerabilities in that release.

What Hide WP version does

  • Version removed The generator meta tag and the version in feeds are removed.

Where Hide WP version helps

  • A developer working late with WP Extended Code Snippets open across two monitors

    Hardening checklists

    One small step that stops advertising your version.

Hide WP version questions

Hide WP version documentation

Yes. It is in the free plugin, with no settings to configure.

On its own, no. Keeping WordPress updated matters far more. This is one small part of a hardening checklist with Limit Login Attempts and Disable XML-RPC.

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Get Hide WP version free

Hide WP version is in the free plugin on WordPress.org, alongside 34 other free modules you can switch on when you need them.

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