Simplify

Simplify allows particular fields to be hidden from the user interface. This helps to de-clutter forms and present a more user-friendly experience to content editors.

Different types of fields can be hidden with Simplify. Currently supported field types include:

Nodes
Users
Comments
Taxonomy
Blocks

Fields can be hidden globally or per field type.
Globally hidden fields are hidden from all forms of that field type (e.g. a field can be hidden from all node forms (Pages, Articles, etc.)).
Fields can also be hidden more specifically based on their field type:

Node fields per content type
Comment fields per content type
Taxonomy fields per vocabulary

(e.g. a field can be hidden from the Article content type but still be visible on the Page content type).

Installation

Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions at https://backdropcms.org/guide/modules.
Visit the permissions page under Administration > Configuration > People > Permissions (admin/config/people/permissions) and choose which role(s) should be allowed to administer Simplify and which role(s) should be allowed to view hidden fields.
Visit the configuration page under Administration > Configuration > User Interface > Simplify (admin/config/user-interface/simplify) and choose which fields you want to be hidden globally.
Visit the content type edit pages under Administration > Structure > Content Types > [Content Type Name] > Edit (admin/structure/types/manage/[type]/edit) and choose which fields you want to be hidden per content type, and/or visit the taxonomy vocabulary edit pages under Administration > Structure > Taxonomy > Edit Vocabulary (admin/structure/taxonomy/[vocabulary]/edit) and choose which fields you want to be hidden per vocabulary.

Issues

Bugs and Feature requests should be reported in the Issue Queue: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/simplify/issues.

Current Maintainers

Martin Price - System Horizons Ltd
Collaboration and co-maintainers welcome!

Credits

Ported to Backdrop CMS by Peter Anderson (https://github.com/BWPanda).
Originally written for Drupal by Mark Shust (https://www.drupal.org/u/markoshust).

License

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.