Readme Detonator
This plugin will delete readme.html and license.txt from WordPress and increase security level of website.
3.7(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Readme Detonator is a WordPress security plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware….
3.7/53 reviews
20active installs
6.4K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
This plugin will delete readme.html and license.txt from WordPress (if file exist) after your log in and hide information about WP from meta tags.
With many other security features Readme Detonator will help you increase security level of your WordPress 24/7.
Features
- Preventing unnecessary info like login errors from being displayed
- Protecting website from malicious URL requests (longer than 255 signs and more)
- Disabling WordPress’s and script’s debug mode
- Removing WordPress version number from source code
- Disabling the theme and plugin editor in Admin
- Preventing direct access to functions.php in WordPress
- Automatic deleting readme.html and license.txt after every update of WordPress
- Showing warning if user with username ‘admin’ exist
Languages
- English
- Polish
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9.1+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.9
- New feature – plugin shows warning if user with username ‘admin’ exist
Contributors
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