http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Topic: Press This and setting a Default Category en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/216525#post-1040112 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:08:10 +0000 johnke 1040112@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>This is a horrible, kludgy solution to this. It will break the next time you upgrade Wordpress, but hopefully, there will be a feature to choose default categories for "press this" soon.</p> <p>Edit wp-admin/press-this.php<br /> <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;categorydiv&quot; class=&quot;stuffbox&quot;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;?php _e(&#39;Categories&#39;) ?&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;inside&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;categories-all&quot; class=&quot;ui-tabs-panel&quot;&gt; &lt;ul id=&quot;categorychecklist&quot; class=&quot;list:category categorychecklist form-no-clear&quot;&gt; &lt;!-- Edit this line to suit your setup - my default category number is &quot;11&quot; and its name is &quot;random&quot; --&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;category-11&#39;&gt;&lt;label class=&quot;selectit&quot;&gt;&lt;input value=&quot;11&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot; checked name=&quot;post_category[]&quot; id=&quot;in-category-11&quot;/&gt;random&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;?php wp_category_checklist($post-&gt;ID, false, false, $popular_ids) ?&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</code></pre> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/216525#post-1027330 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:51:01 +0000 ywftdg 1027330@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Well, wasn't able to do how I was thinking, but if you set that _REQUEST back to the default, then add this in your design somewhere it will let you choose a cat.</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;categorydiv&quot; class=&quot;stuffbox&quot;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;?php _e(&#39;Categories&#39;) ?&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;inside&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;categories-all&quot;&gt; &lt;ul id=&quot;categorychecklist&quot; class=&quot;list:category categorychecklist form-no-clear&quot;&gt; &lt;?php wp_category_checklist($post-&gt;ID, false, false, $popular_ids) ?&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</code></pre> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/216525#post-1027292 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:12:42 +0000 ywftdg 1027292@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>I would love to know this also. In your case, I think you need to define the cat by the number, not actual name. But either way, I am trying same thing sort of, and it wont set it. I can define it, but for some reason it does not save it when I click publish. You ever get it working? </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/216525#post-895534 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:49:24 +0000 steve.mcnally 895534@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hello - </p> <p>I'd like to pass a Category automatically when I use "Press This." </p> <p>I've created a copy of press-this.php and worked to change this line to include a static category</p> <p>From:</p> <p><code><br /> $quick['post_category'] = $_REQUEST['post_category'];<br /> </code></p> <p>To:</p> <p><code><br /> $quick['post_category'] = 'myStaticCategory';<br /> </code></p> <p>The post is being created, but the Category is not auto-set.</p> <p>Is there anything else I need to be aware of as I continue working on this?</p> <p>Many thanks for your time, and please let me know if I can clarify any of this. </p>