Title: print_column_headers
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# print_column_headers( string|WP_Screen $screen, bool $with_id = true )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Prints column headers for a particular screen.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$screen`string|[WP_Screen](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_screen/)
required

The screen hook name or screen object.

`$with_id`booloptional

Whether to set the ID attribute or not.

Default:`true`

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function print_column_headers( $screen, $with_id = true ) {
    	$wp_list_table = new _WP_List_Table_Compat( $screen );

    	$wp_list_table->print_column_headers( $with_id );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php#L104)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/list-table.php#L104-L108)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [_WP_List_Table_Compat::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/_wp_list_table_compat/__construct/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table-compat.php` |

Constructor.

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| [WP_List_Table::print_column_headers()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_list_table/print_column_headers/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php` |

Prints column headers, accounting for hidden and sortable columns.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/print_column_headers/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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