Title: default_contextual_help
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters_deprecated( ‘default_contextual_help’, string $old_help_default )

## In this article

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

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_contextual_help/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

This hook has been deprecated since 3.3.0. Use {@see get_current_screen()->add_help_tab()}
or {@see get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab()} instead.

Filters the default legacy contextual help text.

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

 `$old_help_default`string

Default contextual help text.

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

    ```php
    $default_help = apply_filters_deprecated(
    	'default_contextual_help',
    	array( '' ),
    	'3.3.0',
    	'get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab()'
    );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php#L841)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php#L841-L846)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Screen::render_screen_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_screen/render_screen_meta/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php` |

Renders the screen’s help section.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.3.0/) | Deprecated. Use [get_current_screen()->add_help_tab()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_current_screen-add_help_tab/) or [get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_current_screen-remove_help_tab/) instead. | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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