How to see the meta generator tag?

You can very easily find the meta tag generator in the page source code inside Joomla head <head></head> tag. To view the HTML source code : Open the Joomla website in Firefox or Google Chrome browser. Right Click on the webpage and view source code. On top of the source codes, you will find the following <meta name="generator" content="Joomla! - Open Source Content Management" />

How to remove Joomla meta generator from head?

You can remove Joomla generator tag from the Joomla website by either adding a few lines of code to the index.php file of the active Joomla template or by simply using a third-party plugin which will need no modification to any of the files. To remove the meta generator tag using code Using your hosting cPanel or FTP open the template index.php file located at templates/YOUR_ACTIVE_TEMPLATE/ directory. Edit the file and add the following custom code into the <head> tag. $document = JFactory::

Remove meta generator from Joomla Head Tag

As Joomla CMS by default has a meta generator tag which shows that the website is developed using Joomla platform. For security, the purpose is it important to hide the meta generator joomla tag from

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4 min readOctober 11, 2020

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Abhilash Sahoo

Abhilash Sahoo, with over 15 years of experience, is a Certified Full Stack Developer, AI/ML Automation Specialist, and Multi-Agent System Architect. As the Founder & CEO of Infyways Solutions, he specializes in agentic AI workflows, MCP server development, LLM orchestration, and intelligent automation solutions.

Remove meta generator from Joomla Head Tag

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