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WordPress / ADMIN / Remove meta boxes from post edit screen
<?php
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'NAME_remove_meta_boxes', 100);
function NAME_remove_meta_boxes() {
remove_meta_box( 'trackbacksdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Trackbacks meta box
remove_meta_box( 'postcustom', 'post', 'normal' ); // Custom fields meta box
remove_meta_box( 'commentsdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Comments meta box
remove_meta_box( 'slugdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Slug meta box
remove_meta_box( 'authordiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Author meta box
remove_meta_box( 'revisionsdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Revisions meta box
remove_meta_box( 'formatdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Post format meta box
remove_meta_box( 'commentstatusdiv', 'post', 'normal' ); // Comment status meta box
remove_meta_box( 'categorydiv', 'post', 'side' ); // Category meta box
remove_meta_box( 'tagsdiv-post_tag', 'post', 'side' ); // Post tags meta box
remove_meta_box( 'pageparentdiv', 'post', 'side' ); // Page attributes meta box
remove_meta_box( 'file_gallery', 'post', 'normal'); // File Gallery Plugin
remove_meta_box( 'wpseo_meta', 'post', 'normal'); // YOAST Seo
remove_meta_box( 'gdsr-meta-box-mur', 'post', 'advanced'); // GD Star Rating
remove_meta_box( 'gdsr-meta-box', 'post', 'side' ); // GD Star Rating
remove_meta_box( 'yourlsdiv', 'post', 'side'); // YOURLS
}
// Replace 'post' with whatever post type you are trying to hide meta boxes for.
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dsubash commented Sep 26, 2020

Thank you for the code.

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