Make a Plugin's Post Type Admin-Only
Removes the public pages, archive and search presence of a post type registered by a plugin or theme while keeping it editable in the admin.
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Code
// Post types to hide from visitors.
$wpide_private_types = array( 'portfolio' );
add_filter( 'register_post_type_args', function ( $args, $post_type ) use ( $wpide_private_types ) {
if ( in_array( $post_type, $wpide_private_types, true ) ) {
$args['public'] = false;
$args['publicly_queryable'] = false;
$args['exclude_from_search'] = true;
$args['show_in_nav_menus'] = false;
$args['has_archive'] = false;
$args['rewrite'] = false;
$args['show_ui'] = true;
}
return $args;
}, 10, 2 );Notes
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- Install WPIDE on your WordPress site (it is free) and open Code Snippets.
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