WordPress: How to remove the Shortlink Link Element

In the latest update of WordPress, to version 3.0, I noticed one link element being added in my site’s head section. I personally prefer to see no change in the coding after updates: the coding that I am talking about is the code we see via using browser view source code option.

This element looked something like this:

<a rel="shortlink" type="text/html" href="http://www dot yoursite dot com">

This element includes a shorter version of the link to your site/blog/post. And I think it helps the users when it comes to using social bookmarking and similar types of sites.

Anyway, in order to block this element, you need to put this code:

remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_shortlink_wp_head', 10, 0 );

In function.php file: you can find this file in your currently used theme folder:

2 Responsesto “WordPress: How to remove the Shortlink Link Element”

1. piero oliosi says:

   October 10, 2011 at 6:38 pm

   I cannot open a page on wordpress because the web address is not correct (permalink?)
   thanks

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2. piero oliosi says:

   October 10, 2011 at 6:36 pm

   how to change adress of a page in wordpress (permalink)
   because the page is not open for not valid adress
   thanks

   Reply