Remove some post boxes

Not a solution, but you can close the box using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ symbols on the right, and normally, the value is remembered the next time you go to write a post. That way, incase you ever do need the feature, you can expand the box and it’s there.

For everything except the image/file uploader

You can hide (not actually remove) the upload box by editing wp-admin\wp-admin.css.

Look for #uploading {

and add

display: none;

to the definition.

Or if you want to avoid editing the file every time you upgrade, try this plugin:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Customise Post Page
Plugin URI: https://lcb.me.uk/losingit/
Description: Hides the upload area from the post page. Based on work by Mike Purvis (https://www.uwmike.com)
Author: Les Bessant
Author URI: https://lcb.me.uk/losingit/
Version: 0.1
*/

add_action('admin_head', 'hide_upload_box');

function hide_upload_box() {
global $parent_file;

if ('post.php' == $parent_file) {
echo '<style type="text/css">#uploading { display: none; } </style>';
}
}
?>

Mike Purvis posted the original on one of the mailing lists, I adapted it for hiding the upload box. You could change it to tweak any CSS on the page, of course.

I’ve just hided file uploader box by adding “display: none; “

But what about
Optional Excerpt box
Trackbacks
Custom Fields?

They’re not in the wp-admin.css

use the + sign to close them.

I don’t see the + sign in there.

Nevermind, i found everything in the editform advance script. I can just del whatever there.

miklb, thanks for the wrong answer.

It wasn’t the “wrong answer”, as my reply started with “Not a solution…”

happykev, keep in mind that when you upgrade next, your edits will be overwritten – you’ll need to redo them.