Comments on: Remove Unwanted Tags From Your WordPress Header

By: Tobias Thaastrup-Leth

Tobias Thaastrup-Leth — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:39:25 +0000

Nice plug-in, thanks!
A clean header is always nice to have. I just have to get rid of all the java crap now:)

By: Jonathan Kemp

Jonathan Kemp — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:16:56 +0000

It’s up to you whether you take them out or not.

They’re only added if your theme is using the wp_head(); function. And there is no way to turn them off other than a plugin like this. The wp_head(); function is a powerful hook that many other plugins rely on to add code to your header.

There’s not much benefit of having them in there, so I decided to create a plugin that removed them. Plus having the version of WordPress you are using in your headers could be a security risk for those that don’t use the most current version.

By: john

john — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:35:02 +0000

Why is this necessary? What’s the benefit of removing these tags?

By: Jonathan Kemp

Jonathan Kemp — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:27:03 +0000

Thank you.

You’re right. Thanks for catching that. I fixed the link, but you will have to wait a few minutes for it to update and then re-install it. Sorry about that.

By: David Ross

David Ross — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:09:47 +0000

Sweet man! Just installed it. Thanks.

One minor linkage bug…after I installed it I clicked the link “WordPress Head Cleaner” in the admin/installed plugins section. Link is broken.It links to: http://kempwire.com/wordpress-head-claner-plugin

Thanks for the plugin!