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Here is a way to do the manual template edits from the first post via a plugin:

Hook Location: parse_templates
Title: headinclude version removal

Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/adminfunctions_template.php'); 

// Remove version from showing when viewing page source  
$find1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = "{vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"')));  
$replace1 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('var SIMPLEVERSION = ""'))); 

$find2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin {vb:raw vboptions.templateversion}" />'))); 
$replace2 = trim(preg_replace('#^\$final_rendered = \'(.*)\';$#s', '\\1', compile_template('<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin" />'))); 

$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find1, $replace1, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']); 
$vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude'] = str_replace($find2, $replace2, $vbulletin->templatecache['headinclude']);