From e395a59caf31a3da866a6e94e9e1462784797968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=B6ren=20W=C3=BCnsch?= <soeren.wrede@parshipgroup.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:19:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Post: Remove unused variable `$hidden_inputs`

---
 src/wp-admin/includes/post.php | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index de5aa4fb7d0fa..d1ac4aea78363 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -2564,7 +2564,6 @@ function the_block_editor_meta_box_post_form_hidden_fields( $post ) {
 	$classic_output = ob_get_clean();
 
 	$classic_elements = wp_html_split( $classic_output );
-	$hidden_inputs    = '';
 	foreach ( $classic_elements as $element ) {
 		if ( ! str_starts_with( $element, '<input ' ) ) {
 			continue;