Plugin uses depricated function

Jacob N. Breetvelt
(@opajaap)

7 months, 3 weeks ago
This plugin triggers the following error:

contextual_help is deprecated since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead.

You can remove the errormessage (and also the contextual help) by removing (put // in front of) line 52 of
…/sendgrid-email-delivery-simplified/lib/class-sendgrid-settings.php
line 52:
```
add_filter( 'contextual_help', array( __CLASS__, 'show_contextual_help' ), 10, 3 );
```
- This topic was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by Jacob N. Breetvelt. Reason: added solution

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chickwithbob
(@chickwithbob)

7 months, 3 weeks ago

We are also getting this same error since upgrading to WordPress 5.4 today.

PHP Deprecated: contextual_help is deprecated since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead.

I did a site-wide search and found your plugin uses ‘contextual_help’.
I deactivate SendGrid only, and the error goes away, hence this error is definitely caused by SendGrid.
Chrome Orange
(@chrome-orange)

7 months, 2 weeks ago
To correct this change this file

wp-content/plugins/sendgrid-email-delivery-simplified/lib/class-sendgrid-settings.php

Change line 52 to

add_filter( 'current_screen', array( __CLASS__, 'show_contextual_help' ), 10 );

And the show_contextual_help method (starts on line 101)
```
  public static function show_contextual_help()
  {
    $screen = get_current_screen();

      if ( SENDGRID_PLUGIN_STATISTICS == $screen->id or SENDGRID_PLUGIN_SETTINGS == $screen->id ) {
    
          $screen->add_help_tab(
                            array(
                              'id'      => 'sendgrid_help_tab',
                              'title'   => __( 'Help' ),
                              'content' => file_get_contents( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../view/sendgrid_contextual_help.php' )
                              )
                          );

      }

  }
```
nikkins82
(@nikkins82)

7 months ago

Same error as well. Sendgrid Support has not responded.
blockmonkey
(@blockmonkey)

6 months, 4 weeks ago
Been noticing the same error.

Sent a ticket into SendGrid about this – I’ll update this post if I hear anything.
- This reply was modified 6 months, 4 weeks ago by blockmonkey.
blockmonkey
(@blockmonkey)

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Well they finally replied to the ticket.

“At this time, our engineering team does not have any plans to update the WordPress plugin or make any additional changes. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.”

inorman
(@inorman)

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Thanks @chrome-orange for the solution.

I deactivated the Sendgrid plugin, and edited the ~/lib/class-sendgrid-settings.php file with the built-in WordPress Plugin Editor with the code from your post (I replaced both line 52 and the show_contextual_help() function code as you outlined), updated the file and reactivated the plugin and it all seems to work now without the error.