Title: WP Admin Screen Layout ERROR
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WP Admin Screen Layout ERROR

 *  [tranite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranite/)
 * (@tranite)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/)
 * I’ve got an error with the Screen Layout on my wordpress admin page… I have always
   used a 2 column screen layout, but now, for some reason it does NOT work.. I 
   only have 1 column and it’s really annoying, because all my work is so much harder
   now… I don’t know what the problem is, I’ve tried reinstalling the latest WordPress
   version, and I have tried to change the theme, but neither works.. So it must
   be something with WordPress??
 * The below links is screenshots of the dashboard and the edit post page, so you
   can see what it looks like….
 * [dashboard.jpg](http://vistnes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dashboard.jpg)
 * [edit_post.jpg](http://vistnes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edit_post.jpg)
 * [edit_post_more.jpg](http://vistnes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edit_post_more.jpg)

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926700)
 * Using something like PhpMyAdmin, look in the wp_usermeta table for `user_id=<
   your-user> AND meta_key=”screen_layout_%”.
 *  Thread Starter [tranite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranite/)
 * (@tranite)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926781)
 * Okay, I have done this, wasn’t really much there.. What would I do with this,
   or what else can I do if I don’t find anything like this?
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926787)
 * You should see several keys like `screen_layout_post` with a value of 1 for single
   column and 2 for two column. You could try creating those entries in the database.
   I assume that you can’t reset things from the ‘Screen’ menu.
 *  Thread Starter [tranite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranite/)
 * (@tranite)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926821)
 * Nope, it says 2. Sometimes it works in a different browser, but now it’s FUBAR.
   This is both in the dashboard, the edit post/page and add new post screen… It’s
   really annoying being stuck on 1 column, and I can’t find out what to do. I’ve
   tried deleting my cache and everything, tried with 4 different browsers, but 
   no luck.. 🙁
 * What the F*** is wrong?
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926825)
 * There used to be a bug that caused the admin panel to lock in one column mode,
   but that has been fixed.
 * Did you add the keys like I suggested? Back when the bug I mentioned was active,
   I was able to fix the problem that way.
 * You are going to have several keys– screen_layout_dashboard, screen_layout_post,
   screen_layout_<custom-post-type-name>, and possibly others.

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit/)
 * [edit-post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit-post/)
 * [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/post/)
 * [screen layout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/screen-layout/)

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 * Last reply from: [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-screen-layout-error/#post-2926825)
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