Disable content editor for specific page template

wordpress snippet

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will disable the content editor when a page is using a specific template. Don’t forget to change the name of the template file on line 08 this sample I have submit.php but can be changed to anything.

snippet : PHPcopy

add_action( 'admin_init', 'hide_editor' );
function hide_editor() {
	$post_id = $_GET['post'] ? $_GET['post'] : $_POST['post_ID'] ;
	if( !isset( $post_id ) ) return;
	$template_file = get_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_page_template', true);
    if($template_file == 'submit.php'){ // edit the template name
    	remove_post_type_support('page', 'editor');
    }
}