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Remove Yoast HTML Comments “This site is optimized with the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin”
// 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);
@jenkinstm
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Still works! Thank you.

@ikiyamay
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Still works! Thank you.

@freschstudio
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Still works in April 2025. 🙂

@nucklearproject
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Still works in April 2025. 🙂

In the latest versions of Yoast, the setting already includes the functionality to remove comments and other elements from the header.

@freschstudio
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Still works in April 2025. 🙂

In the latest versions of Yoast, the setting already includes the functionality to remove comments and other elements from the header.

Where is the setting exactly? Remove powered by HTTP header option under Crawl optimization doesn't remove this.

I'm on Yoast 24.8.1

@nucklearproject
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Still works in April 2025. 🙂

In the latest versions of Yoast, the setting already includes the functionality to remove comments and other elements from the header.

Where is the setting exactly? Remove powered by HTTP header option under Crawl optimization doesn't remove this.

I'm on Yoast 24.8.1

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.

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