Remove metabox from custom post editor

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I've created a custom post type with a main metabox and two custom taxonomies in my functions.php. To create the taxonomies I used register_taxonomy().

In the custom post's main metabox, I manage my taxonomies, i.e. I tick some checkboxes. So I don't need the side-bar metaboxes anymore, I want to get rid of them, just as if I had their names unticked in the screen options.

Still, I want the taxonomies to appear in the left admin panel, associated to the custom post type I've created.

I tried remove_meta_box() but it has no effect. I tried to play with show_ui and show_in_menu : if the former is set to true and the latter to false, I have the metaboxes but the taxonomies disappear from my admin sidebar, so it is exactly the opposite of I want to do !

How can this be solved ? thanks

Linnea Huxford · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-31 15:23:42Z

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I had a similar issue recently, and found that remove_meta_box() worked, but it had to be hooked by the admin_menu action.

For example:

add_action('admin_menu',  'cs49323_update_meta_boxes');

function cs49323_update_meta_boxes() {
    remove_meta_box( 'tagsdiv-YOUR_CUSTOM_TAXONOMY', YOUR_CUSTOM_POST_TYPE, 'side' );
}

answered Jan 31, 2016 at 15:23

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Davey Over a year ago

This worked, thank you. It took a while to find the correct answer as the official docs are wrong, and lots of SO answers have the incorrect syntax.

Fafanellu · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-31 17:24:13Z

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Solved, I misformed the target metabox to hide. The div tag must be contatenated to the name of the metabox, after it :

function remove_my_meta() {
remove_meta_box( 'mymetadiv','mycustompost','side' );
}
add_action('admin_menu','remove_my_meta');

where mycustompost is the custom post type, and mymeta is the custom taxonomy.

edited Jan 31, 2016 at 17:24

answered Jan 31, 2016 at 16:08

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