I've tried to remove the generator meta from a wordpress 5.6 installation but it will fail. I've added this hook to my functions.php file (also in child theme that is active) but without success
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
What I've missed out?Is there any change in wp 5.6 api that will break this hook?Can be the issue caused from caching plugins like jetpack?
You can use, as an alternative, the the_generator() function through a filter.
the_generator( string $type )Display the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
$type |
(string) (Required) The type of generator to output (html/xhtml/atom/rss2/rdf/comment/export) |
The following should hide the generator meta <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 5.6" />
add_filter( 'the_generator', function() {
return;
} );
Keep in mind that the version is also appended to each Wordpress core script. You can add the following to hide the version.
<?php
$filters = [
'style_loader_src',
'script_loader_src',
];
foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
add_filter( $filter, function( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
} );
}; ?>
PHP > 7.1 required, Anonymous function used in example