<?php
/**
* Removes the WordPress version number from the HTML generator tag.
*
* This function attaches to the 'the_generator' filter hook and replaces the
* default WordPress generator string with an empty string. This is often used
* for security purposes to obscure the WordPress version number.
*
* @link https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_generator/ WordPress Hook: the_generator
*
* Gist Keywords: wordpress, functions, meta
*
* @author Knol Aust
*/
add_filter('the_generator', '__return_empty_string');