Title: handle_bulk_actions-{$screen}
Published: June 15, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( “handle_bulk_actions-{$screen}”, string $sendback, string $doaction, array $items )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/handle_bulk_actions-screen/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/handle_bulk_actions-screen/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/handle_bulk_actions-screen/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/handle_bulk_actions-screen/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires when a custom bulk action should be handled.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/handle_bulk_actions-screen/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The redirect link should be modified with success or failure feedback from the action
to be used to display feedback to the user.

The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$screen`, refers to the current screen ID.

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

 `$sendback`string

The redirect URL.

`$doaction`string

The action being taken.

`$items`array

The items to take the action on. Accepts an array of IDs of posts, comments, terms,
links, plugins, attachments, or users.

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

    ```php
    $sendback = apply_filters( "handle_bulk_actions-{$screen}", $sendback, $doaction, $post_ids ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidHookName.UseUnderscores
    ```

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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