Remove Meta Generators
Remove all meta generator tags for all plugins. No settings necessary! Install and activate.
5(1 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Remove Meta Generators is a WordPress meta plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 1.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 78% this week. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
5/51 reviews
1.0K+active installs
5.1K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
This plugin removes all Meta Generator html tags (even WordPress core generator). Simple and easy to use, just install, activate and you will no longer have meta generator tags in your html/source code.
No need to know or learn all the plugin meta generator hooks, this plugin covers all and any plugin that uses <meta name=”generator” content=”Plugin Name Version 1.0.0″ />
Over 2k plugins with known vulnerabilities, don’t let the plugin write it’s version number for easy access for exploiting a vulnerable version.
Author URI: Webbernaut
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Perfect for mu-plugins
by javiereduardo·3 years ago
It works in the mu-plugins folder with no modifications
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 8This week: 63Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 1.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
98.4%
v1.0
1.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1
- Modified regex expression for tighter control over meta generator tags as to not spill over to other tags for edge cases.
- Adjusted add_action from
get_headertotemplate_redirectfor start of regex to accommodate new WordPress themes that are starting to get away from traditional WordPress theme structure and more javascript focused and not calling header templates in traditional ways via wp_head() i.e. TwentyTwentyFour Theme - Order of Action hooks for reference https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/hooks/action-reference/
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