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   Contributed by Codex — 2 years ago

   Another Example:

   <?php
   
   add_action( 'current_screen', 'wpdocs_this_screen' );
   
   /**
    * Run code on the admin widgets page
    */
   function wpdocs_this_screen() {
       $currentScreen = get_current_screen();
       if( $currentScreen->id === "widgets" ) {
           // Run some code, only on the admin widgets page
       }
   }
   
   ?>
   
   

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   Contributed by Aurovrata Venet — 7 months ago

   This function is useful to figure out which screen you’re on in the Dashboard,

   add_action('trashed_post', 'trash_wpcrm_contact');
   function trash_wpcrm_contact($post_id){
       $screen = get_current_screen();
       if('wpcrm-contact' != $screen->post_type){ //this is not our custom post, so let's exit
         return;
       }
       ....
   }
   

   Another useful attribute of the WP_Screen object returned by this function is the $screen->base attribute which is set to 'post' for any custom post edit screen, and is set to 'edit' for the custom post admin table page, which is very handy when loading custom css/scripts for additional function on those pages.

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   Contributed by Rami Yushuvaev — 6 days ago

   PAGE               $SCREEN_ID           FILE
   -----------------  -------------------  -----------------------
   Media Library      upload               upload.php
   Comments           edit-comments        edit-comments.php
   Tags               edit-post_tag        edit-tags.php
   Plugins            plugins              plugins.php
   Links              link-manager         link-manager.php
   Users              users                users.php
   Posts              edit-post            edit.php
   Pages              edit-page            edit.php
   Edit Site: Themes  site-themes-network  network/site-themes.php
   Themes             themes-network       network/themes
   Users              users-network        network/users
   Edit Site: Users   site-users-network   network/site-users
   Sites              sites-network        network/sites
   

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   Contributed by Codex — 2 years ago

   Default Usage
   This example shows how you would add contextual help to an admin page you’ve created with the add_options_page() function. Here, we assume that your admin page has a slug of my_admin_page and exists under the Options tab.

   The get_current_screen() function is used in this example.

   <?php 
   add_action('admin_menu', 'wpdocs_admin_add_page');
   
   /**
    * Add an admin page
    */
   function wpdocs_admin_add_page() {
   	global $wpdocs_admin_page;
   	$wpdocs_admin_page = add_options_page(__('Wpdocs Admin Page', 'wpdocs_textdomain'),
   		__('Wpdocs Admin Page', 'wpdocs_textdomain'),
   		'manage_options', 'wpdocs_textdomain', 'wpdocs_admin_page');
   
   	// Adds my_help_tab when my_admin_page loads
   	add_action('load-'.$wpdocs_admin_page, 'wpdocs_admin_add_help_tab');
   }
   
   /**
    * Add a contextual help tab to the Wpdocs Admin Page
    */
   function wpdocs_admin_add_help_tab () {
       global $wpdocs_admin_page;
       $screen = get_current_screen();
   
       /*
        * Check if current screen is Wpdocs Admin Page
        * Don't add help tab if it's not
        */
       if ( $screen->id != $wpdocs_admin_page )
           return;
   
       // Add my_help_tab if current screen is My Admin Page
       $screen->add_help_tab( array(
           'id' => 'wpdocs_help_tab',
           'title' => __('Wpdocs Help Tab'),
           'content' => '<p>'
   		. __( 'Descriptive content that will show in Wpdocs Help Tab body goes here.', 'wpdocs_textdomain' )
   		. '</p>',
       ) );
   }
   ?>
   
   

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