Head Trimmer

Head Trimmer

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The Head Trimmer plugin for WordPress is a customizable plugin to remove automatically generated information from the HEAD element across a site. These extras add bloat to a website and expose WordPress version information as well as other potential security signatures in the generated source code.

Removal options include:

  • WordPress Version
  • WordPress Version from URLs for Scripts and Styles
  • Shortlink
  • Shortlink from HTTP response headers
  • Canonical
  • Relational Links for Posts Adjacent to Current Post
  • RSS Feeds
  • Really Simple Discovery Link for xmlrpc (rsd_link)
  • Windows Live Writer Manifest File Link (wlwmanifest_link)
  • oEmbed Discovery Links
  • REST API Link
  • REST API Link Header
  • Emoji Support
  • Global Styles and SVG Filters (duotone filters)
  • Gutenberg Block CSS Styles (or set ‘should_load_separate_core_block_assets’)
  • Classic Theme Styles (classic-theme-styles)
  • DNS Prefetch for //s.w.org
  • DNS Prefetch for Google Fonts //fonts.googleapis.com
  • jQuery

Details

Plugin code:
head-trimmer
Plugin version:
1.0.4
Outdated:
No
WP version:
3.1 or higher
PHP version:
5.1 or higher
Test up to WP version:
6.9
Total installations:
10
Last updated:
2025-12-22
Rating:
Times rated:
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