This little trick is extremely simple: All you have to do is give a name starting with an underscore to your custom field when you create it, and it will not be displayed on WordPress dashboard when editing a post, as shown in the example below: add_post_meta($id, ‘_name’, ‘value’); Easy, isn’t it? And of course, very useful Thanks to my friend John Kolbert for the tip! Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host