When 2.5.0 was released, the WordPress version generator was moved from being in the template itself into being a wp_head() hook instead. The hook is automatically added so you don’t have as much control over it.
If you want to remove the version:
meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.8.4"
Add this piece of code to your functions.php file in your theme:
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
That bit of code will stop WordPress from adding the WordPress version generator to your source code.
For plugins related to the “version,” you can look on wordpress.org.
It’s a simple, yet effective tutorial, on achieving what you want to get done.
Saw this post on your Twitter feed… I created a tiny WordPress plugin to remove this code (and a couple of other tags as well) – you can get it at http://www.zigpress.com/2009/07/14/wordpress-plugin-clean-head/
Nice! looks like a good plugin. Thanks for dropping a note about it
You can also test if the version has been removed by visiting the following site:
http://sucuri.net/index.php?page=scan
and scanning your blog. It will also let you know about other security issues that you might have forgotten.
*btw, it is free.
Great host integrity check and notification service as well. Thanks for the comment. I use Sucuri on various sites already.
thans i am searching this solution long time :D