Fatal error on remove_meta_box with other plugins
Site crashes with a fatal error calling remove_meta_box() when another plugin loads the admin screen early.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 5 March 2024 · last reported 19 April 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners running WP Umbrella and similar monitoring or admin plugins report intermittent fatal errors in the admin area.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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