wp_generator()

Displays the XHTML generator that is generated on the wp_head hook.

Description

Source

function wp_generator() {
	/**
	 * Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag.
	 *
	 * @since 2.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string $generator_type The XHTML generator.
	 */
	the_generator( apply_filters( 'wp_generator_type', 'xhtml' ) );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘wp_generator_type’, string $generator_type ): Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag.

Uses	Description
the_generator()`wp-includes/general-template.php`	Displays the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
apply_filters()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Changelog

Version	Description
2.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Marty 10 years ago

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Use Case: Remove the WordPress version number.

Add the following to your theme functions.php or plugin:
```
    remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' );
 
```
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