How To Clean Up WordPress Header Without a Plugin

How To Clean Up WordPress Header Without a Plugin | Hello every welcome to another fresh article ,in this article i will show you how to clean up your wordpress website header(wp_head()) ,without a plugins.

Place the following code in your functions.php file of your WordPress theme to remove some useless things from the head of your site.

    // CLEAN WP_HEAD
    remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link'); // remove really simple discovery link
    remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator'); // remove wordpress version
    remove_action('wp_head', 'feed_links', 2); // remove rss feed links (make sure you add them in yourself if youre using feedblitz or an rss service)
    remove_action('wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3); // removes all extra rss feed links
    remove_action('wp_head', 'index_rel_link'); // remove link to index page
    remove_action('wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link'); // remove wlwmanifest.xml (needed to support windows live writer)
    remove_action('wp_head', 'start_post_rel_link', 10, 0); // remove random post link
    remove_action('wp_head', 'parent_post_rel_link', 10, 0); // remove parent post link
    remove_action('wp_head', 'adjacent_posts_rel_link', 10, 0); // remove the next and previous post links
    remove_action('wp_head', 'adjacent_posts_rel_link_wp_head', 10, 0 );
    remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_shortlink_wp_head', 10, 0 );

Note : This code is tested with latest version of WordPress – WordPress Version 4.9.1

We hope this article helped you to easily clean wordpress header without a plugin. You may also want to see – How To Change The Default WordPress Email Address.

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