How to remove custom field section from Wordpress?

Question

I am trying to remove a custom field section from a Wordpress backend. I think I found a function displaying custom fields. The function is in the line wp-admin / edit-page-form.php 181.

do_meta_boxes('page','normal',$post) 

when I remove this function, Wordpress also does not display other fields.

How to remove a specific field from a Wordpress backend?

Answer 1

You change the main files, which is not very good when it comes to updates and end users. Go to “Screen Settings” and cancel “Custom Fields” or use the http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-write-panel/ plugin to hide the editor panels. Or, check the plugin for the code that you need to disable each editor option, without using the plugin.

Answer 2

 function remove_metaboxes() { remove_meta_box( 'postcustom' , 'page' , 'normal' ); //removes custom fields for page remove_meta_box( 'commentstatusdiv' , 'page' , 'normal' ); //removes comments status for page remove_meta_box( 'commentsdiv' , 'page' , 'normal' ); //removes comments for page remove_meta_box( 'authordiv' , 'page' , 'normal' ); //removes author for page } add_action( 'admin_menu' , 'remove_metaboxes' ); 

change the "page" to "post" to do this for posts

Put this in function.php file

Answer 3

Here's how to do it for all types of messages:

 add_action( 'do_meta_boxes', 'remove_default_custom_fields_meta_box', 1, 3 ); function remove_default_custom_fields_meta_box( $post_type, $context, $post ) { remove_meta_box( 'postcustom', $post_type, $context ); } 

Answer 4

You can easily do this by editing the CSS for a separate window inside the admin. The first method that comes to mind is to add the following to your theme functions.php file.

 <?php add_action('wp_head','hide_custom_fields_postbox'); function hide_custom_fields_postbox() { if ( is_admin() ) { ?> <style type="text/css"> div#postcustom {display:none;} </style> <?php } }//end function ?>