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Remove Yoast HTML Comments “This site is optimized with the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin”
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| // For Yoast SEO Plugin Version: 14.1+ add to your Wordpress Theme's functions.php... | |
| // Remove All Yoast HTML Comments | |
| // https://gist.github.com/paulcollett/4c81c4f6eb85334ba076 | |
| // Credit @devendrabhandari (https://gist.github.com/paulcollett/4c81c4f6eb85334ba076#gistcomment-3303423) | |
| add_filter( 'wpseo_debug_markers', '__return_false' ); | |
| // For Yoast SEO Plugin Version: < 14.1 add to your Wordpress Theme's functions.php... | |
| // Remove All Yoast HTML Comments | |
| // https://gist.github.com/paulcollett/4c81c4f6eb85334ba076 | |
| // Credit @maxyudin (https://gist.github.com/paulcollett/4c81c4f6eb85334ba076#gistcomment-2937964) | |
| add_action('wp_head',function() { ob_start(function($o) { | |
| return preg_replace('/\n?<.*?yoast seo plugin.*?>/mi','',$o); | |
| }); },~PHP_INT_MAX); |
I am wondering if this piece of code is still working? I am working on a new project and i am not sure what piece of code should i use in october 2025? If anybody know this, please let me know. Thank you in advance!
Still works as of October 2025 and Yoast v26.1.1
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Sorry, I was wrong 😞 — there’s no option to remove comments, but I could swear it was there at some point 🤔. Now I’m left with doubts. I use Autoptimize and WP Super Cache; they remove all comments, including the “Powered by Yoast” one. Cheers.