Remove "help" dropdown from menu bar

  • Hello,
    How can I remove the “help” dropdown tab in the right side under the admin bar? Can I do without modify core files? I would do it by functions.php file, but I can’t ??

    $wp_admin_bar->remove_menu(‘???’);

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  • I just tried this in WP 3.3.2 and 3.4 beta 4. It seems to work.

    – Create a new php file and name it remove_help_tabs.php

    – Paste this in the file and save the changes

    <?php
/*
Plugin Name: Remove Admin Help Tabs
*/
add_filter( 'contextual_help', 'mycontext_remove_help', 999, 3 );
  function mycontext_remove_help($old_help, $screen_id, $screen){
    $screen->remove_help_tabs();
    return $old_help;
}
?>

    …and upload it to /wp-content/plugins

    Find the new plugin named “Remove Admin Help Tabs” and activate it. The help tabs should no longer be visible.

    I confirmed that this seems to work on 3.3.2 and 3.4, but only as far as the initial result.

    – Source of my information:

    1) https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/browser/branches/3.3/wp-admin/includes/screen.php#L628 shows remove_help_tabs() function.

    2) revealed little documentation as of yet (probably not actually much to document): Class Reference/WP Screen > Class Reference/WP Screen/remove help tabs

    3) next stop: Google key word search took me here There is also some explanation about why this specific code was chosen. I just stuck it in a plugin instead of a functions file.

    If you try this, you do so at your own risk, (I’m not a coder by any stretch of the imagination, but I encountered no initial surprises when I tried it out) and please, please make sure you have all your backups made first. ??

    Hopefully, someone with real coding knowledge might pop by and point out any pros and cons of doing it this way.

    Good luck!

    Thread Starter Dezio

    (@dezio)

    It seems to work correctly ??

    Thank you

    You’re welcome.

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