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addedlovely on Sept 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft Pix

Also running on WordPress and exposing version number - which is out of date: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/readme.html

bmaupin on Sept 13, 2016 [–]

The version number's in every Wordpress page source:

  <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.5.4" />

trebor on Sept 14, 2016 | [–]

It can be deactivated.

    remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' );

We include it in our themes as a best practice.

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