Title: Is the WP version shown in source code
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Is the WP version shown in source code

 *  [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/)
 * In previous versions of WP it was always the case
    that the HTML source code 
   revealed the current version number.
 * Which I always felt was a big security issue.
    I know there is a plugin to remove
   it but, why was it necessary.
 * Anyway, looking through the source code of my latest WP3
    installs it seems like
   that piece of generated HTML has been removed.
 * Is it true?

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 *  Thread Starter [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/#post-1816885)
 * It was part of the meta tags e.g.
 * `<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.9.2" />`
 *  [DaisyMariposa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daisymariposa/)
 * (@daisymariposa)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/#post-1816909)
 * TWD,
 * This code is on the blog site I created.
 *     ```
       <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.0.3" />
       ```
   
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/#post-1816914)
 * > Anyway, looking through the source code of my latest WP3
   >  installs it seems
   > like that piece of generated HTML has been removed.
   > Is it true?
 * Mine are all still clearly visible in the source code on 3.0.3.
 * There are still some alternatives, if you’re concerned about it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=remove+wordpress+version&sort=](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=remove+wordpress+version&sort=)
 *  Thread Starter [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/#post-1817134)
 * Perhaps it depends on how the theme is constructed.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-the-wp-version-shown-in-source-code/#post-1817135)
 * It probably depends more on whether or not you use any method of removing or 
   obfuscating it. I think it might be added by a wordpress core file by default.
 * [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.0/wp-includes/general-template.php](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.0/wp-includes/general-template.php)–
   starting line 2139, I think.
 * Perhaps your theme adds a filter to remove the version.

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