Remove-My-Version Wordpress Plugin

July 3rd 2008

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 ...