Screen Option Settings in WordPress

What are WordPress Screen Options?

In WordPress once you log into your dashboard of your site you will see a dark menu bar at the top of the screen.  Just below this bar on the right hand side you will see a grey tab with the title of “Screen Options” with a small grey drop down arrow.

By clicking the Screen Options Tab you can set check boxes for two types of settings that impact your use of the dashboard.  These two categories of the Screen Options settings are “Show on Screen” and “Screen layout”.

*Please note your Screen Options for the Show on Screen section is based on what modules you have installed and may look slightly different then the example below.

By default certain modules are in the Show on Screen section are unchecked or hidden such as Posts.  In order to enable Posts you simply check the box by the name and it will be shown on your dashboard.