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Description

Removes a section from the Theme Customization admin screen.

This is a method of the WP_Customize_Manager class and can only be accessed through the $wp_customize object within the customize_register action hook.

Usage

$wp_customize->remove_section($id);

Parameters

$id

(string) (required) The section to delete (must already exist).

Default: None

Default Sections

WordPress does include a few built-in sections. The following sections are built-in...

• title_tagline - Site Title & Tagline
• colors - Colors
• header_image - Header Image
• background_image - Background Image
• nav - Navigation
• static_front_page - Static Front Page

Example

Removing a theme section (within the 'customize_register' action) might look like this:

$wp_customize->remove_section( 'mytheme_new_section_name' );

Related

• Info: Theme Customization API
• Class: WP_Customize_Manager() class
• Method: WP_Customize_Manager->add_setting()
• Method: WP_Customize_Manager->add_section()
• Method: WP_Customize_Manager->add_control()
• Method: WP_Customize_Manager->get_setting()
• Hook: customize_register
• Hook: customize_preview_init
• Hook: customize_controls_print_styles
• Hook: customize_controls_print_scripts
• Hook: customize_controls_init
• Hook: customize_controls_enqueue_scripts