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Meta Generator and Version Info Remover
Hide your WordPress fingerprints with this lightweight security specialist.
59/100
The plugin performs its specific security tasks well. Most reviews are very brief and lack depth.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
28 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+2%
Holding steady
22 → 23 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
- MINORnot updated in 9 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · +2% in the last year
22/day a year ago→23/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMeta Generator and Version Info Remover is widely praised for being easy to use, effective at stripping meta tags, and having responsive support, though at least one user notes the lack of a URL-masking feature.
What people like
- +Easy to use / simple interface×4
- +Provides many options for disabling meta tags
- +Responsive and fast support from the developer×2
- +Does not slow down page generation and can even speed it up
- +Effectively removes generator tags and version numbers×2
- +Lightweight plugin
- +Works as expected / does exactly what it promises×2
Common complaints
- −No option to mask URLs when viewing source code
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 29 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 28 total
Latest reviews · 29 analyzed
- 2025-09-23★★★★★Fast and works perfectlyKevin van Rijn
- 2024-03-13★★★★★does what it should dofelixkottek
- 2023-07-09★★★★★Many options and easy to use!ThomDJ
- 2022-06-12★★★★★A must-have for every WP setupTano
- 2022-04-01★★★★★works greatGDriver
- 2022-04-01★★★★★Not working for Wappalyzercronwerk
- 2021-08-05★★★★★Excellent and easy to use!NabDL
- 2021-03-21★★★★★Excellent and easy to use!suwarrow9
- 2021-03-21★★★★★Works as expected!Phil
- 2020-09-22★★★★★Great pluginApolloneos
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
22
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
27
Prior 7-day baseline
18
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
21
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-18.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered