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1. steve.mcnally
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello -

   I'd like to pass a Category automatically when I use "Press This."

   I've created a copy of press-this.php and worked to change this line to include a static category

   From:

   
$quick['post_category'] = $_REQUEST['post_category'];


   To:

   
$quick['post_category'] = 'myStaticCategory';


   The post is being created, but the Category is not auto-set.

   Is there anything else I need to be aware of as I continue working on this?

   Many thanks for your time, and please let me know if I can clarify any of this.

2. ywftdg
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   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?

3. ywftdg
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   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.

   <div id="categorydiv" class="stuffbox">
   <h3><?php _e('Categories') ?></h3>
   <div class="inside">
   <div id="categories-all">
   <ul id="categorychecklist" class="list:category categorychecklist form-no-clear">
   <?php wp_category_checklist($post->ID, false, false, $popular_ids) ?>
   </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
   </div>

4. johnke
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   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.

   Edit wp-admin/press-this.php
   

   <div id="categorydiv" class="stuffbox">
     <h2><?php _e('Categories') ?></h2>
     <div class="inside">
       <div id="categories-all" class="ui-tabs-panel">
         <ul id="categorychecklist" class="list:category categorychecklist form-no-clear">
           <!-- Edit this line to suit your setup - my default category number is "11" and its name is "random" -->
           <li id='category-11'><label class="selectit"><input value="11" type="checkbox" checked name="post_category[]" id="in-category-11"/>random</label></li>
           <?php wp_category_checklist($post->ID, false, false, $popular_ids) ?>
         </ul>
       </div>

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