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How to Remove Post Revisions Metabox in WordPress

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Are you looking for a way to remove the post revisions metabox from the post editor screen? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to remove the post revisions metabox 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:

function remove_revisions_metabox() {
       remove_meta_box( 'revisionsdiv','post','normal' );
}
add_action('admin_menu','remove_revisions_metabox');

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.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: best WordPress table plugins to organize data and how to create a popup form in WordPress.

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