Title: Remove some post boxes
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Remove some post boxes

 *  [happykev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happykev/)
 * (@happykev)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/)
 * Under “Write Post” page, they’re too many of option boxes. I would like to remove
   them and just leave the writing box.
 * Some option box i would like to remove are:
 * File uploader box
    Optional Excerpt box Trackbacks Custom Fields Post Timestamp
   box on the right hand side.
 * Could someone please tell me which .php file i should modify? I just can’t find
   it. Is post.php?
 * Thanks for your help/

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 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447425)
 * 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
 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447428)
 * 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: http://lcb.me.uk/losingit/
   Description: Hides the upload area from the post page. Based on work by Mike 
   Purvis (http://www.uwmike.com) Author: Les Bessant Author URI: http://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.
 *  Thread Starter [happykev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happykev/)
 * (@happykev)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447507)
 * 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
 *  [krugern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krugern/)
 * (@krugern)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447514)
 * use the + sign to close them.
 *  Thread Starter [happykev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happykev/)
 * (@happykev)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447517)
 * I don’t see the + sign in there.
 *  Thread Starter [happykev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happykev/)
 * (@happykev)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447532)
 * Nevermind, i found everything in the editform advance script. I can just del 
   whatever there.
 * miklb, thanks for the wrong answer.
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447594)
 * It wasn’t the “wrong answer”, as my reply started with “Not a solution…”
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447609)
 * happykev, keep in mind that when you upgrade next, your edits will be overwritten–
   you’ll need to redo them.

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 * Last reply from: [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-some-post-boxes/#post-447609)
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