Title: Remove custom fields metabox
Author: Bradley Taylor
Published: <strong>March 14, 2016</strong>
Last modified: February 17, 2020

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# Remove custom fields metabox

 By [Bradley Taylor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bradleyt/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-custom-fields-metabox.1.0.1.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-custom-fields-metabox/#installation)
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## Description

This plugin disables the custom fields metabox that WordPress includes by default.
The custom fields metabox includes a slow query, which on large sites can take 10
+ seconds.

Do not install this plugin if you rely on the custom fields metabox. If you do not
know what this means you should probably not install this plugin. If you are using
a plugin such as Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Field Suite or similar to manage
your custom fields don’t worry – these plugins will be unaffected.

The custom fields metabox performance is currently being discussed in [Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33885).
If you find this plugin useful you may want to follow that ticket.

## Installation

Just install Remove custom fields metabox through WP-Admin and you’re done. No complicated
configuration or code changes required!

## FAQ

  Do I need this plugin if I use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin?

Since ACF 5.6.0, ACF now disables the custom fields metabox itself. Therefore, you
do not need to install this plugin if you are already using ACF 5.6+

  Do I need this plugin if I am using the new block editor (Gutenberg)?

The new block-editor requires users to opt-in to view the custom fields UI, meaning
that the performance hit is not incurred for most users.

However, you may want to install this plugin if some of your users are using the
Classic Editor plugin, as the classic editor is still impacted by this issue on 
WordPress 5+

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Remove custom fields metabox” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Bradley Taylor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bradleyt/)

[Translate “Remove custom fields metabox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-custom-fields-metabox)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-custom-fields-metabox/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/remove-custom-fields-metabox/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-custom-fields-metabox/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Update readme.txt

#### 1.0

 * Initial public release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **6 वर्षाः ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-custom-fields-metabox/)
 * Tags
 * [custom](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom/)[custom fields](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)
   [fields](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fields/)[performance](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
   [remove](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-custom-fields-metabox/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Bradley Taylor ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bradleyt/)

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