Hides WordPress version from HTML, scripts, and styles to reduce exposure to automated attacks targeting specific WP versions.
// Remove WordPress version
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
function remove_wp_version_strings($src) {
global $wp_version;
parse_str(parse_url($src, PHP_URL_QUERY), $query);
if (!empty($query['ver']) && $query['ver'] === $wp_version) {
$src = remove_query_arg('ver', $src);
}
return $src;
}
add_filter('script_loader_src', 'remove_wp_version_strings');
add_filter('style_loader_src', 'remove_wp_version_strings');
