How to Remove Gallery Settings in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to remove the gallery settings from media upload thick box? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to remove gallery settings in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_action( 'admin_head_media_upload_gallery_form', 'mfields_remove_gallery_setting_div' );
if( !function_exists( 'mfields_remove_gallery_setting_div' ) ) {
    function mfields_remove_gallery_setting_div() {
        print '
            <style type="text/css">
                #gallery-settings *{
                display:none;
                }
            </style>';
    }
}

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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