John Dalesandro

<p><strong>Head Trimmer</strong> 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.</p>
<p>Removing unnecessary HEAD elements reduces page weight, eliminates potential security signatures such as the WordPress version number, and keeps your generated source code clean.</p>
<p>All settings are opt-in. Nothing is removed until you enable it on the Admin <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Head Trimmer screen.</p>
<p>Removal options include:</p>
<ul>
<li>WordPress Version (generator meta tag)</li>
<li>WordPress Version from Script and Style URLs</li>
<li>All Other Version Signatures from Script and Style URLs</li>
<li>Shortlink</li>
<li>Shortlink from HTTP Response Headers</li>
<li>Canonical</li>
<li>Relational Links for Posts Adjacent to Current Post</li>
<li>RSS Feeds (removes head links and disables feed endpoints)</li>
<li>Really Simple Discovery Link for xmlrpc (rsd_link)</li>
<li>Windows Live Writer Manifest File Link (wlwmanifest_link)</li>
<li>oEmbed Discovery Links</li>
<li>REST API Link and REST API Link Header</li>
<li>Emoji Support</li>
<li>Global Styles and SVG Filters (duotone filters)</li>
<li>Gutenberg Block CSS Styles (or optionally set ‘should_load_separate_core_block_assets’ to load block styles only when needed)</li>
<li>Classic Theme CSS Styles (classic-theme-styles)</li>
<li>DNS Prefetch for //s.w.org</li>
<li>DNS Prefetch for Google Fonts //fonts.googleapis.com</li>
<li>jQuery</li>
<li>JavaScript Import Map (added in WordPress 6.5)</li>
<li>Interactivity API (added in WordPress 6.5)</li>
<li>Image Auto Sizes Styles (added in WordPress 6.7)</li>
<li>Speculation Rules (added in WordPress 6.8)</li>
<li>Comment Reply Script (loads only on singular posts and pages where comments are open)</li>
</ul>


Head Trimmer

Selectively remove WordPress version information, feeds, shortlinks, emoji support, scripts, styles, and other automatically generated extras from the …

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<h4>Benefits</h4>
<p>Add additional code to your header WITHOUT editing your theme:</p>
<ul>
<li>Stylesheets (CSS)</li>
<li>Javascript (JS)</li>
<li>Google Analytics</li>
<li>Metadata</li>
<li>Anything else</li>
</ul>
<h4>Example usage</h4>
<ul>
<li>Change your downloaded theme visually without changing it, by adding an extra stylesheet. If you update your theme, your changes will still be intact.</li>
<li>Add Google Analytics without changing your theme. If you update or change your theme, Google Analytics will still be there.</li>
</ul>


Add to Header

Add additional code to your header WITHOUT editing your theme, such as CSS and Javascript.

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