How to modify Publish metabox?

Question

I'm trying to remove "Pending Review" (Status) and "Password protected" (Visibility) options from Publish metabox. Any ideas how can I do it?

Answer 1

i don't see any filters you could latch on it in wp-admin/includes/metaboxes.php. but, you could remove the box and replace it with your own version... for example: this tut removes the categories metabox and replaces it w/ a new version

http://www.ilovecolors.com.ar/avoid-hierarchical-taxonomies-to-loose-hierarchy/

Answer 2

Take a look at this Question and my answer, which is quite similar.

Answer 3

I always do it with Frank Bültge's Adminimize

• in Global Options, you'll find Your Own Options
• in the left column you put any name for your reference
• in the right column you put the ID or Classes you want to hide
• if I'm not mistaken, you'd want to hide this #visibility.misc-pub-section,.misc-pub-section.curtime.misc-pub-section-last

Here's a reference list of mine with examples and a screenshot... you can go pretty wild and hide a whole bunch of stuff, and select what to hide according to user roles, it's just a matter of using Firebug or any Inspector and you'll end up with a minimalist admin.