07 Nov 2007

Remove WordPress rsd_link(), wlwmanifest_link(), wp_generator()

rsd_link(), wlwmanifest_link(), wp_generator() (introduced in revision 6195) are bunch of WordPress default filters that clutter the section of your theme template file:


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Not using it?

Simply remove those lines by adding the following to your theme functions.php:

remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');

if (function_exists('wp_generator')) {
        remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
}

Update:

remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link');

function remove_generator() {
        return '';
}

add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_generator');

Now, that really clears my HEAD.

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11 Comments

  1. Groll

    And if I don’t have a functions.php file in my theme, could you tell what must I do please ?

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  2. Zeo

    Groll, just create your own functions.php PHP file inside your current theme folder. If not, you just .

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  3. what does those functions/filters do?

    Reply

  4. Zeo

    For rsd_link() you can read about RSD (Really Simple Discovery). Basically it helps blogging client like ecto, WLW to interact nicely with your blog.

    wlwmanifest_link() outputs wlwmanifest.xml which is the resource file needed to enable tagging support for Windows Live Writer.

    wp_generator() outputs your WordPress version in XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.

    Copy paste, correct me if I’m wrong.

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  6. unfortunately im using wlw. so hehe.

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  7. Bro..

    bila dah letak code kat atas tu dan pointing ke http://domain.com/rss/.. still ada lagi

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  8. Zeo

    Hariadi,

    function remove_generator() {
            return '';
    }
    
    add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_generator');
    

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