Remove Help tab and screen option 1.0
Does "Remove Help tab and screen option" work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
Summary
Errors
| 15 | PHP deprecation warnings |
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| All test pages loaded successfully | |
| No resource errors |
Performance
Memory usage: 4.85 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.
Page speed impact:
insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.
Environment
| WordPress version | 6.8.3 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
Plugin Info
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 200+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-help-tab-and-screen-option/ |
| Badges |
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Pages 3
Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
| URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=remove-help-tab-and-screen-option%2Fremove-screen-help.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ac1ab8d1f0 |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.297 s |
| Memory usage | 3.53 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Settings → Remove Help & Screen tabs
| URL | /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=rmsh-help-screen |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.159 s |
| Memory usage | 3.52 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Test site – Just another WordPress site
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.175 s |
| Memory usage | 3.44 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Benchmark
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.364 s | 0.294 s | -0.070 s | 3.51 MiB | 3.51 MiB | + 8.05 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.210 s | 0.199 s | -0.011 s | 3.57 MiB | 3.58 MiB | + 11.15 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 0.842 s | 0.662 s | -0.180 s | 6.06 MiB | 6.07 MiB | + 13.95 KiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.790 s | 0.536 s | -0.254 s | 3.52 MiB | 3.52 MiB | - 6.26 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.234 s | 0.215 s | -0.019 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.5 MiB | - 2.27 KiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.290 s | 0.267 s | -0.023 s | 3.49 MiB | 3.5 MiB | + 5.93 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.204 s | 0.204 s | +0.000 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.52 MiB | + 16.6 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 0.759 s | 0.629 s | -0.130 s | 6.05 MiB | 6.06 MiB | + 9.48 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.465 s | 0.318 s | -0.147 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.5 MiB | - 5.77 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.273 s | 0.448 s | +0.175 s | 3.52 MiB | 3.52 MiB | - 6.27 KiB |
| / | 0.331 s | 0.223 s | -0.108 s | 3.43 MiB | 3.44 MiB | + 8.8 KiB |
| Average | 0.433 s | 0.363 s | -0.070 s | 3.97 MiB | 3.97 MiB | + 4.85 KiB |
Code Statistics
Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | 67.8% | 59 | 22 | 1 | |
| CSS | 32.2% | 28 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 87 | 22 | 2 | ||
PHP Code Analysis | More results »
| Lines of code | 59 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 9 |
| Median class complexity | 1.0 |
| Median method complexity | 1.0 |
| Most complex class | Remove_help_screen_default |
| Most complex function | rmsh_plugin_load() |
| Classes | 1 |
|---|---|
| Methods | 1 |
| Functions | 5 |
Additions
Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.
Options wp_options 2
- rmsh_help_tab
- rmsh_screen_tab
PHP Error Log 15 lines
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:40 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:40 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:41 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:42 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:43 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:43 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:45 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:13:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Hook contextual_help is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121