Selectively remove WordPress version information, feeds, shortlinks, emoji support, scripts, styles, and other automatically generated extras from the …
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Head Trimmer version 1.0.6 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Head Trimmer gives you granular control over what WordPress automatically outputs in the HEAD element of every page. Each option is independent; enable only the removals that make sense for your site.
Removing unnecessary HEAD elements reduces page weight, eliminates potential security signatures such as the WordPress version number, and keeps your generated source code clean.
All settings are opt-in. Nothing is removed until you enable it on the Admin → Settings → Head Trimmer screen.
Removal options include:
WordPress Version (generator meta tag)
WordPress Version from Script and Style URLs
All Other Version Signatures from Script and Style URLs
Shortlink
Shortlink from HTTP Response Headers
Canonical
Relational Links for Posts Adjacent to Current Post
RSS Feeds (removes head links and disables feed endpoints)
Really Simple Discovery Link for xmlrpc (rsd_link)
Windows Live Writer Manifest File Link (wlwmanifest_link)
oEmbed Discovery Links
REST API Link and REST API Link Header
Emoji Support
Global Styles and SVG Filters (duotone filters)
Gutenberg Block CSS Styles (or optionally set ‘should_load_separate_core_block_assets’ to load block styles only when needed)
Classic Theme CSS Styles (classic-theme-styles)
DNS Prefetch for //s.w.org
DNS Prefetch for Google Fonts //fonts.googleapis.com
jQuery
JavaScript Import Map (added in WordPress 6.5)
Interactivity API (added in WordPress 6.5)
Image Auto Sizes Styles (added in WordPress 6.7)
Speculation Rules (added in WordPress 6.8)
Comment Reply Script (loads only on singular posts and pages where comments are open)
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
clean
head
meta
remove
security
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.9 · PHP 7.4
Update activity12 Jun 20264mo ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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Tracking & source
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