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WP_Screen::set_help_sidebar()

WP_Screen::set_help_sidebar( string $content )

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Adds a sidebar to the contextual help for the screen.

Description

Call this in template files after admin.php is loaded and before admin-header.php is loaded to add a sidebar to the contextual help.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired
Sidebar content in plain text or HTML.

Source

public function set_help_sidebar( $content ) {	$this->_help_sidebar = $content; }

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Used byDescription
Custom_Image_Header::help()wp-admin/includes/class-custom-image-header.php

Adds contextual help.

Custom_Background::admin_load()wp-admin/includes/class-custom-background.php

Sets up the enqueue for the CSS & JavaScript files.

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.3.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Carey
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    This would add a third column for the help bar, just include the method on the help_bar callback function.

    function wpdocs_add_help_tab() {	$screen = get_current_screen();	$screen->add_help_tab(	array(	'id' => 'hello_dolly',	'title' => __( 'Hello Dolly' ),	'content' => '' . __( 'Well, hello, Dolly' ) . '',	)	);	$screen->set_help_sidebar( __( 'Hello Dolly' ) ); }

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