How to hide/remove Caption in Insert Media (WP)

red_bairn

Hi all,

I want to hide the 'Caption' label and field that is below the 'ATTACHMENT DETAILS' and on the edit details (see screenshots).

I've hidden it on the wp-admin/includes/media.php file:

<div class="wp_attachment_details edit-form-section">
		<p>
			<label class="hidden" for="attachment_caption"><strong><?php _e( 'Caption' ); ?></strong></label><br />
			<textarea class="widefat hidden" name="excerpt" id="attachment_caption"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?></textarea>
		</p><!--Added hidden to label and textarea- 30/11/2014- Craig B-->

Probably not ideal but if there is anything else I can do from my functions.php instead, please let me know.

-C

Talisman

You don't want to be hacking WordPress core files. If you don't want your client to see the fields then use CSS to hide them.

red_bairn

Talisman wrote: »

You don't want to be hacking WordPress core files. If you don't want your client to see the fields then use CSS to hide them.

I managed to come across this bit in the codex about loading a set of CSS and/or Javascript documents to all admin pages and this guys post.

daymobrew

You should be using the attachment_fields_to_edit.

Probably something like this (untested)
[PHP]<?php
function dc_remove_caption_field( $form_fields, $post ) {
unset($form_fields);

return $form_fields;
}
add_filter( 'attachment_fields_to_edit', 'dc_remove_caption_field', 10, 2 );
?>[/PHP]

You might have to use other filters too for when you are adding

red_bairn

daymobrew wrote:

Probably something like this (untested)

I think that only happens on the Edit Page. I tried that before. I'm currently in transit so can't test of at the moment.

daymobrew

I have not had any luck with my earlier code but this code removed the 'Caption' box when I edit an image in a page/post.
[php]function dc_disable_captions() {
return true;
}
add_filter('disable_captions', 'dc_disable_captions');
[/php]
Then I did a quick search for 'wordpress remove field from media upload' and found a gem on the always excellent StackExchange. As the solution is delicate (if WordPress changes the template then the modified template would need to be updated), the suggestion to use CSS to hide the relevant items is probably the safest - use the admin_enqueue_scripts action.

red_bairn

daymobrew wrote:

. As the solution is delicate (if WordPress changes the template then the modified template would need to be updated), the suggestion to use CSS to hide the relevant items is probably the safest - use the

You clearly didn't bother reading my second post.

daymobrew

red_bairn wrote: »

You clearly didn't bother reading my second post.

Ouch.