# Show Discourse version on the /about page

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [April 4, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205 "2015-04-04T18:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ColdSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/coldsun/32/66668_2.png) [@ColdSun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColdSun)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-discourse-version-on-the-about-page/27205/8 "2015-04-05T19:23:37Z")

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Having the discourse version in HTML responses is actually quite different than stating it in an about page. Individuals looking to specify specific versions of vulnerable software tend to look for a specific string of text on a page via a search engine. If this information were present on the about page, you could quickly generate a list of tons of sites running softwave y, version x.z.

A response in the header? Not so much.

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