Remove the “View” Link in Post edit Admin

Question

add_filter( 'post_row_actions', 'remove_row_actions', 10, 1 );

function remove_row_actions( $actions )
{
    if( get_post_type() == 'my_cpt' )
        unset( $actions['view'] );
    return $actions;
}

This code removes the view link from post list, but I want to remove the link from post edit page also. Can anyone help ?

Answer 1

(1) The Edit Permalink HTML including the View-Post button is passed through the get_sample_permalink_html filter. You will likely have to preg_replace() the view post button out of it:

function my_get_sample_permalink_html($a){
    return preg_replace("/<span id='view-post-btn'>(.*)<\/span>/",'',$a);
}
add_filter('get_sample_permalink_html','my_get_sample_permalink_html');

(2) The message after a post has been updated can be altered by filtering post_updated_messages. Like this:

function my_post_updated_messages( $messages ) {
    $messages['post'][1] = __('Post updated');
    return $messages;
}
add_filter('post_updated_messages','my_post_updated_messages');

Answer 2

Make sure post args public and publicly_queryable are set to false. or use

add_filter( 'post_row_actions', 'remove_row_actions', 10, 2 );

function remove_row_actions( $actions, $post )
{
    if ($post->post_type == "post_type") {
        unset( $actions['view'] );
    }
    return $actions;
}