{"id":1638,"date":"2012-08-01T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T15:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/08\/01\/show-joomla-version\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:01:11","slug":"show-joomla-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/show-joomla-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiding your Joomla version in the meta tags in Joomla 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_meta-show-joomla-version.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_meta-show-joomla-version.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"meta-show-joomla-version\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In Joomla 3.0, you have the option to show \/ hide your Joomla version number. If you choose to show it, it will show as a <strong>meta generator<\/strong> tag, as in:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Joomla! - Open Source Content Management  - Version 3.0.0_Alpha1\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>To toggle the showing of your version number in Joomla 3.0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 \/administrator dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the left menu, click <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If you are not on the Site tab, click <strong>Site<\/strong> (towards the top of the page)<\/li>\n<li>Towards the bottom of the page, find the <strong>Show Joomla! Version<\/strong> setting (refer to screenshot at the top of this page). Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> \/ <strong>No<\/strong> to change the value, and then click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top left of the page.\n<p>As shown in the example at the top of the page, if you set this value to Yes, you will see in your page\u2019s source code the following <strong>generator<\/strong> meta tag: <\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Joomla! - Open Source Content Management<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">  - Version 3.0.0_Alpha1<\/span>\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<p> If you set the value to No, the meta generator tag will change, as in:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Joomla! - Open Source Content Management\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ve enjoyed our tutorial series on <a href=\"\/support\/\">working with meta data in Joomla 3.0<\/a>. InMotion Hosting offers <a ferh=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/joomla-hosting.html\">joomla hosting<\/a>, so keep us in mind if you\u2019re ever looking for a new hosting provider!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Joomla 3.0, you have the option to show \/ hide your Joomla version number. 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