wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php:226Limit the amount of meta boxes to pages, posts, links, and categories for first time users.
function wp_initial_nav_menu_meta_boxes() { global $wp_meta_boxes; if ( get_user_option( 'metaboxhidden_nav-menus' ) !== false || ! is_array( $wp_meta_boxes ) ) { return; } $initial_meta_boxes = array( 'add-post-type-page', 'add-post-type-post', 'add-custom-links', 'add-category' ); $hidden_meta_boxes = array(); foreach ( array_keys( $wp_meta_boxes['nav-menus'] ) as $context ) { foreach ( array_keys( $wp_meta_boxes['nav-menus'][ $context ] ) as $priority ) { foreach ( $wp_meta_boxes['nav-menus'][ $context ][ $priority ] as $box ) { if ( in_array( $box['id'], $initial_meta_boxes, true ) ) { unset( $box['id'] ); } else { $hidden_meta_boxes[] = $box['id']; } } } } $user = wp_get_current_user(); update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'metaboxhidden_nav-menus', $hidden_meta_boxes );}Introduced in 3.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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