Title: hidden_columns
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘hidden_columns’, string[] $hidden, WP_Screen $screen, bool $use_defaults )

## In this article

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

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Filters the list of hidden columns.

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

 `$hidden`string[]

Array of IDs of hidden columns.

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

[WP_Screen](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_screen/) object
of the current screen.

`$use_defaults`bool

Whether to show the default columns.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'hidden_columns', $hidden, $screen, $use_defaults );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/screen.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php#L84)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php#L84-L84)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [get_hidden_columns()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_hidden_columns/)`wp-admin/includes/screen.php` |

Get a list of hidden columns.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.1](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.1/) | Added the `use_defaults` parameter. | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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