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Add screen options to Plugin pages

I want to add screen options to my Plugin page, like the ones that are available in the Dashboard. I tried using the add_option method of the WP_Screen object and found that it supports only two ...
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Avoid updating post when sending POST or GET request to post.php

I've created a Plugin which adds a new meta-box on the post.php dashboard page, containing a form. Whenever a POST request is submitted from that form, I would like to save some post meta-data. I ...
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how do you prevent showing a particular category on the admin dashboard for specific user roles?

I'd like to prevent the "Featured" category from appearing for certain user roles. To be specific, I want only the admins and editors to be able to see and thus select or unselect that category. ...
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Determine Registered Admin Menus

Is it possible to obtain a list of which Top Level Admin Menus have been registered via some plugin? I'm talking about menus registered with: add_menu_page();
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Create wordpress dashboard metabox which spans all columns

Is it possible to create a wordpress dashboard plugin that will span all the columns that the user has chosen to display? I know how to force the user to only display one column but I would rather ...
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Dashboard - get status and position of metaboxes and pass them to ajax method

I'm wondering if it's possible to get status and position of metaboxes added to a dashboard-like page. The main page of my plugin has several metaboxes laying in a two-columns page and a "table of ...
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Dashboard like meta boxes in my plugin - how to save their position and open/closed state?

I am trying to mimic the dashboard meta boxes UI in my WP plugin - the small metaboxes. I have already styled them and also the drag & drop feature works as I loaded the following script and ...
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Change default admin page for specific role(s)

I was wondering if anyone knew of a plugin or a way programmatically to change the the default admin page for a specific user/role? I have a master panel page for my plugin currently setup with ...