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title: "How to Hide WordPress Version for Your WordPress Website?"
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date: 2023-04-18
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# How to Hide WordPress Version for Your WordPress Website?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Extension (Free) hides the WordPress version without adding PHP code or a third party plugin.
- Nexter > Extensions > Security opens the Advanced Security section, where enabling the toggle and clicking the gear icon (⚙) leads to Hide WordPress Version.
- Hide WordPress Version removes the WordPress version tag from the page source code, which the post says hackers can easily exploit.

As a website owner, you want to make sure that your website is secure from any kind of attacks. One of the ways to do this is by hiding your WordPress version. While it may seem like a small detail, showing your WordPress version on your website can make your website vulnerable to attacks. Hackers can easily exploit any vulnerabilities found in outdated WordPress versions. Therefore, hiding your WordPress version is an essential step towards securing your website.

To hide the WordPress version you might have to add some php code or use some third party plugin but if you are using the [Nexter Extension (Free) plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nexter-extension/) you can easily hide your WordPress version.

[LIVE EXTENSION LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-extensions/advanced-wordpress-security/)

 

## How to Hide WordPress Version with The Nexter Extension?

If you check the page source code of a WordPress website you can easily find the WordPress version.

This can be easily exploited by hackers. 

So to hide the WordPress version, go to **Nexter **>** Extension**s > **Security**.

Then go to the **Advanced Security **section, enable the toggle, and click on the gear icon (⚙).

![](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/advanced-security-settings-new-1.png)

This will open the Advanced Security popup, go to **Hide WordPress Version** and enable the toggle.

Then click on the **Save** button.

![hide wordpress version](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hide-wordpress-version-new.png)

This will hide the WordPress version tag from the page source code.