by prasadkirpekar 4.2 (71 reviews)

WP Meta and Date Remover

Name: WP Meta and Date Remover
Rating: 4.2 (71 reviews)
Author: prasadkirpekar

Remove meta author and date information from posts and pages. Hide from Humans and Search engines.SEO friendly and most advance plugin.

WP Meta and Date Remover ranks #497 among WordPress.org plugins with 90,000+ active installations, is #79 of 4,943 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.2/5 rating from 71 reviews, and was last updated May 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.3.7 Current Version v2.3.7

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 31 May, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#79 of 4,943 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs Downloads -14.9% this week

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#497

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Active Installs

90K+

-1%

KW Avg Position

0.4 worse

Downloads

2.1M

+57 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (71 reviews)

Next Milestone 100K

Total Progress 8.8%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

71 reviews

Overall 84%

53 (75%)

3 (4%)

2 (3%)

10 (14%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

10 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

May 27, 2026

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 2.3.7

CVE-2026-49051 · Fixed in v2.3.7
Apr 30, 2026

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 2.3.5

CVE-2024-13362 · Fixed in v2.3.5
Oct 16, 2024

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.6

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.9.6
Nov 16, 2023

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 2.3.1

CVE-2023-47836 · Fixed in v2.3.1
Oct 31, 2023

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 2.2.0

CVE-2023-4823 · Fixed in v2.2.0
Jul 18, 2023

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.10

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v1.9.10
Mar 4, 2022

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.6

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.9.6
Feb 28, 2022

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.6

Fixed in v1.9.6
Feb 28, 2022

WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.6

Fixed in v1.9.6
WP Meta and Date Remover [wp-meta-and-date-remover] < 1.9.6

Fixed in v1.9.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.7
Last Updated: May 31, 2026
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: prasadkirpekar

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 71
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

author date metadata posts remover

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to hide author and date meta information from posts and pages. It solves this by removing that data from both the frontend display and page source using CSS and PHP-based methods.