Remove the Default Tags and Categories Metaboxes in WordPress
When you write a WordPress post you’ll see three boxes in the right sidebar. There’s a “Post” area when you have options such as the post title, the author, the featured image and more. You’ll also find a “Categories” and “Tags” box. You can see both of those in the screenshot below. These boxes appear on every post and can’t be easily removed or changed.
If you want to remove these Tags and Categories boxes, it’s possible with the TaxoPress plugin. Here’s how to remove the boxes:
- Go to “TaxoPress” then “Settings”.
- Click the “Metabox Access” tab.
- Click the user role you want to remove the boxes for. In the screenshot below you can see “Administrator”, “Editor”, “Author”, “Contributor”, and “Subscriber”.
- Check the options under “Remove Default Metaboxes”.
When someone in the user role you’ve chosen goes to edit a post, they’ll now see this screenshot below. The Tags and Categories metaboxes will both be hidden.
More Features in TaxoPress
TaxoPress has a wide range of these features that build on the WordPress core. For example, you can remove the default Tags and Categories metaboxes or remove the Uncategorized Category. Alternatively you can merge similar taxonomy terms