Title: WordPress Version Still Being Shown??
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress Version Still Being Shown??

 *  [ThatIOWGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrislowthian/)
 * (@chrislowthian)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-still-being-shown/)
 * Hi,
 * I have enabled the following option:
 * **Remove WordPress Generator Meta Tag**
    _Removes the meta tag from your sites
   header. This process hides version information from a potential attacker making
   it more difficult to determine vulnerabilities._
 * But in my header the following information is still being shown:
 * `<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.8.1" />`
 * Should this not be hidden with the above option enabled?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  Thread Starter [ThatIOWGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrislowthian/)
 * (@chrislowthian)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-still-being-shown/#post-4732423)
 * I have added the following to my themes functions.php file which seems to remove
   the version from the header and the rss feed, but this plugin fails to do it.
 *     ```
       function wpbeginner_remove_version() {
       return '';
       }
       add_filter('the_generator', 'wpbeginner_remove_version');
       ```
   
 * Anyone else having the same issue with the Better WP Security Plugin?

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 * Last reply from: [ThatIOWGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrislowthian/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-still-being-shown/#post-4732423)
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