How to disable date filter in posts or custom post types

How to disable date filter in posts or custom post types

Sometimes there are cases when, in custom post types (created via the `register_post_type()` function), or even in default post types like post or page, we need to disable (remove) the date filter dropdown. This dropdown shows the month and year when posts were created on our site.

Searching the official documentation didn't yield much, so I had to dig into the code and find the necessary filter. I discovered the `disable_months_dropdown` filter, which takes two parameters — the display state of the dropdown and the post type.

Example of using the filter:

add_filter('disable_months_dropdown', function($bool, $post_type) {
	if($post_type == 'type_order')
	{
		return true;
	}
	return $bool;
}, 1, 2);

where:
$bool — whether to display the date dropdown (default is false, meaning the filter is disabled and the dropdown will be shown)
$post_type — the current post type

Note that you can also get the current post type using the `get_current_screen()` function and its `post_type` property. That is:

get_current_screen() -> post_type

And I have a feeling that a similar method could be used to disable the category filter as well (needs to be tested).

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