the_generator

The timeline below displays how wordpress function the_generator has changed across different WordPress versions. If a version is not listed, refer to the next available version below.

WordPress Version: 6.1

/**
 * Displays the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
 *
 * Returns the correct generator type for the requested output format. Allows
 * for a plugin to filter generators overall the {@see 'the_generator'} filter.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 *
 * @param string $type The type of generator to output - (html|xhtml|atom|rss2|rdf|comment|export).
 */
function the_generator($type)
{
    /**
     * Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag for display.
     *
     * @since 2.5.0
     *
     * @param string $generator_type The generator output.
     * @param string $type           The type of generator to output. Accepts 'html',
     *                               'xhtml', 'atom', 'rss2', 'rdf', 'comment', 'export'.
     */
    echo apply_filters('the_generator', get_the_generator($type), $type) . "\n";
}

WordPress Version: 4.6

/**
 * Display the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
 *
 * Returns the correct generator type for the requested output format. Allows
 * for a plugin to filter generators overall the {@see 'the_generator'} filter.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 *
 * @param string $type The type of generator to output - (html|xhtml|atom|rss2|rdf|comment|export).
 */
function the_generator($type)
{
    /**
     * Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag for display.
     *
     * @since 2.5.0
     *
     * @param string $generator_type The generator output.
     * @param string $type           The type of generator to output. Accepts 'html',
     *                               'xhtml', 'atom', 'rss2', 'rdf', 'comment', 'export'.
     */
    echo apply_filters('the_generator', get_the_generator($type), $type) . "\n";
}

WordPress Version: 3.9

/**
 * Display the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
 *
 * Returns the correct generator type for the requested output format. Allows
 * for a plugin to filter generators overall the the_generator filter.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 *
 * @param string $type The type of generator to output - (html|xhtml|atom|rss2|rdf|comment|export).
 */
function the_generator($type)
{
    /**
     * Filter the output of the XHTML generator tag for display.
     *
     * @since 2.5.0
     *
     * @param string $generator_type The generator output.
     * @param string $type           The type of generator to output. Accepts 'html',
     *                               'xhtml', 'atom', 'rss2', 'rdf', 'comment', 'export'.
     */
    echo apply_filters('the_generator', get_the_generator($type), $type) . "\n";
}

WordPress Version: 3.7

/**
 * Display the generator XML or Comment for RSS, ATOM, etc.
 *
 * Returns the correct generator type for the requested output format. Allows
 * for a plugin to filter generators overall the the_generator filter.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'the_generator' hook.
 *
 * @param string $type The type of generator to output - (html|xhtml|atom|rss2|rdf|comment|export).
 */
function the_generator($type)
{
    echo apply_filters('the_generator', get_the_generator($type), $type) . "\n";
}