Removing Sections/Panels

Customizer panels and sections can be easily removed. Below we will discuss how this is done.

First, a bit of terminology. What is the difference between a "section" of the customizer and a "panel"? A panel is a tab that contains nested tabs (subtabs), while a section is a tab that does not have nested tabs (it contains the fields - customizer controls). For example, the main tab is a panel because it has nested tabs. See the picture:

Below is a table showing what relates to panels and what relates to sections.

Here is the code that can be used as a template. The code creates a hook that removes the Presets section from the customizer.

// Remove the customizer section 'presets'
add_action( 'customize_register', 'my_customize_register', 11 );

function my_customize_register( WP_Customize_Manager $wp_customize ){
	$wp_customize->remove_section( 'presets' );
}

To remove the panel or section you need, you need to modify the code as follows:

• To remove a panel instead of a section, use the method remove_panel() instead of remove_section().
• Change the panel/section identifier presets to the one you want to remove. See the table below.
• Add the code to your theme's functions.php file.

Table of WordPress Customizer Sections and Panels

To use the example code above, it is necessary to know whether what we want to remove is a panel or a section and what its ID is.

Panels

Sections