I need to edit the "Help" section of the "Page" page in the Admin panel. Since wordpress doesn't allow multiple line breaks I need to make sure the user knows that if they add the "
" tag in the HTML section they will achieve the line break so I figure what better place to add this than the help section. I can't seem to find the Page file though. Directory Help?
asked Sep 13 '11 at 18:31
You can add the custom help by adding a hook to the page load e.g. page-new.php would become load-page-new.php
function custom_help_page() {
add_filter('contextual_help','custom_page_help');
}
function custom_page_help($help) {
$custom = "<h5>Custom Help</h5>
<p>Custom help content</p>";
return $custom.$help;
}
add_action('load-page-new.php','custom_help_page'); //New page
add_action('load-page.php','custom_help_page'); //Page, edits, updates etc.
If you don't want the default help to still display, simply remove echo $help;
Edited to return rather echo the values.
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Well I still want the help information that is there, I just want to add to the test. Where is help variable for "Pages" located? – Howdy_McGee♦ Sep 13 '11 at 19:08
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They all use the default $help variable. If you echo it then it should still display. – Elliott Sep 13 '11 at 19:32
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1You shouldn't echo with a filter, you should append or prepend the information you want to add and return it. – helenhousandi Sep 13 '11 at 22:09
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1@helenhousandi I have edited my answer, does that look the correct way? – Elliott Sep 14 '11 at 8:09
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Yes, that's much more correct :) I'd also use a less-generic function name for namespacing, usually just myprefix_ or something. – helenhousandi Sep 14 '11 at 14:03
