Removing TinyMCE options in WordPress

wp-tinymce-remove

/*
 * This goes in your theme’s functions.php file.
 * This will remove EVERY option in the basic WYSIWYG bar in WP. Pull items out of the $remove array if you want to keep them.
 */
function myplugin_tinymce_buttons($buttons)
 {
  //Remove the format dropdown select and text color selector
  $remove = array('bold','italic','blockquote','strikethrough','bullist','numlist','hr','alignleft','aligncenter','alignright','link','unlink','wp_more','spellchecker','wp_fullscreen','wp_adv');

  return array_diff($buttons,$remove);
 }
 
add_filter('mce_buttons','myplugin_tinymce_buttons');