Hide the content editor for certain pages in WordPress

hide-editor.php

<?php

/**
 * Hide editor on specific pages.
 *
 */
add_action( 'admin_init', 'hide_editor' );

function hide_editor() {
  // Get the Post ID.
  $post_id = $_GET['post'] ? $_GET['post'] : $_POST['post_ID'] ;
  if( !isset( $post_id ) ) return;

  // Hide the editor on the page titled 'Homepage'
  $homepgname = get_the_title($post_id);
  if($homepgname == 'Homepage'){ 
    remove_post_type_support('page', 'editor');
  }

  // Hide the editor on a page with a specific page template
  // Get the name of the Page Template file.
  $template_file = get_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_page_template', true);

  if($template_file == 'my-page-template.php'){ // the filename of the page template
    remove_post_type_support('page', 'editor');
  }
}

Thanks to @ramseyp, @jordanboston and @WebAssembler - works great.

Thanks bro!

Nice one thanks! I needed to add remove_post_type_support('post', 'editor'); to remove from posts also FYI.

Make sure you check to see if you're on the right admin screen by using get_current_screen().

What if the template files are in a folder like:

page-sections/page-hero-banner.php

I tried this to no avail:

/**
 * Hide editor on specific pages.
 *
 */
add_action( 'admin_init', 'hide_editor' );
function hide_editor() {
  // Get the Post ID.
  $post_id = $_GET['post'] ? $_GET['post'] : $_POST['post_ID'] ;
  if( !isset( $post_id ) ) return;

  // Hide the editor on a page with a specific page template
  // Get the name of the Page Template file.
  $template_file = get_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_page_template', true);

  
  if($template_file == 'page-section/page-event-feature.php'){ // the filename of the page template
    remove_post_type_support('page', 'editor');
  }
}

Very helpful. Thanks so much!