‘Screen Options’ is missing. Where should I start troubleshooting?

See if there are errors in the developer console (F12 on most browsers)

If not, disable all plugins. If screen options return, enable the plugins one-by-one to see the offender.

If that doesn’t help, switch to the default theme to see if that’s the issue.

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