Use this snippet in your theme’s functions.php file to disable the editor for a specific page template.
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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;
// Get the name of the Page Template file.
$template_file = get_post_meta($post_id, ‘_wp_page_template’, true);
if($template_file == ‘contact.php’){ // edit the template name
remove_post_type_support(‘page’, ‘editor’);
}
}
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