customize_loaded_components │ filter-hook │ WP 4.4.0

Allows you to remove core WordPress Customizer components, such as the menus and widgets sections.

Section names removed from the array will not be initialized in the Customizer.

Usage

add_filter( 'customize_loaded_components', 'wp_kama_customize_loaded_components_filter', 10, 2 );

/**
 * Function for `customize_loaded_components` filter-hook.
 * 
 * @param string[]             $components Array of core components to load.
 * @param WP_Customize_Manager $manager    WP_Customize_Manager instance.
 *
 * @return string[]
 */
function wp_kama_customize_loaded_components_filter( $components, $manager ){
	// filter...
	return $components;
}

$components(array)

An array of core components to load in the Customizer.

Array (
	[0] => widgets
	[1] => nav_menus
)

$that(WP_Customize_Manager)

An instance of WP_Customize_Manager.

Examples

#1 Remove the “widgets” and “menus” sections from the Customizer.

## Removes the “widgets” and “menus” sections from the Customizer.
add_filter( 'customize_loaded_components', 'remove_core_customizer_components' );
function remove_core_customizer_components( $components ){

	foreach( [ 'nav_menus', 'widgets' ] as $key ){

		$i = array_search( $key, $components );

		if ( false !== $i )
			unset( $components[ $i ] );

	}

	return $components;
}