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.
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Comments
I would like to use Vesper Dark. Do I need to install the Remove-My-Version plugin?
Also, how do you want me to donate in order to remove “© 2008 Valen Designs LLC. All rights reserved.”
Actually, although I am a struggling artist, I want to thank you for this beautiful template with a donation.
Thanks;
Monique
If you have a PayPal account you can send money to derek@valendesigns.com. Feel free to send any amount you feel is fair.
Also, you don’t need to install this plugin you can just add
remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘wp_generator’);
to the functions.php file in the theme directory and it will do the same thing as long as you are running a version of WordPress higher than 2.4. Anyhow, thanks for the support and I hope the theme works out or you.
Cheers
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