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Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Why include version number in output?esmi, i’m 100% sure that you provided the optimal solution on this issue.
But i really miss a good answer why it was placed there, and left there when it’s a known “issue”..
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Why include version number in output?IMO. It should not be placed there at all.
Version-info is OK in variables for use in version-specific behavior of plugins etc., and comments in PHP for the programmers.
But never streamed out to the client.I can’t think of one good reason to give out this info for the site owner.
Yes, Google might harvest this to count number of sites on the web with “WordPress 2.8.4” installed, and maybe use this to rate WP’s popularity against other blog-systems.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Why include version number in output?Thank you for the “fix”, but really not a good way to do things. 🙂
Not many people will pick up this “fix”, and 90% of WP-users will never apply it, normal users don’t touch the code, it’s a “no no”-thing for them.And those kids who have fun tampering with other peoples blogs will “strike” on those with this enabled first. It’s very “google-friendly”.
Sooner or later an “exploit” is public, and the “sh*t” begin.Better to let them guess what kind of version is on the system.