Title: wp_generator_type
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_generator_type’, string $generator_type )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$generator_type`string

The XHTML generator.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    the_generator( apply_filters( 'wp_generator_type', 'xhtml' ) );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/general-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L5114)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L5114-L5114)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_generator()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_generator/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

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

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_generator_type/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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