Recently Valen Designs had upgraded to a newer version of Wordpress and discovered that the wp-version for the meta generator in the head of our template was being added without any call to it. Previously you would add a line in you header.php file that would show what version of Wordpress you were using and was up to you if you wanted to leave it in or not. Now things are different. You actually need to tell Wordpress that you want to remove the meta generator. Why remove it you ask? It’s a security issue. If hackers know what version you use than they can use a technique specifically designed for that version to exploit your site.
The Remove-My-Version plugin is very simple and works in all version of Wordpress but just differently depending on what you have. In versions before 2.4 it will change the version to be a random string of alphanumeric characters. However, in newer versions it simply removes it all together. In addition, the plugin changes the wp-version in your feeds for all installations for added security.
Installation
To install the plugin just upload the remove-my-version.php file to your wp-content/plugins/ directory and activate it through the administration panel. This plugin requires no configuration, it just works.
Download
You can download the latest version (1.0) from the following link:
Remove-My-Version
by Derek Herman is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
