Post private per default

  • sorenweber

    (@sorenweber)


    15 years, 12 months ago

    I would also like to be able to set the default post to private, i.e. have the Keep this post private ticked by default. I use the Post Level plugin and have set the default post level but I must remember to tick the private box every time which is not good.

    If I look in wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php I see on line 101 that the “Keep this post private” check-box is checked if the PHP function checked($post->post_status, 'private'); returns checked.

    How can I make it return checked per default? I could also just delete the function and hard-code checked but I’m not sure if that is such a good idea – I’m quite a newbie…

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  • Thread Starter sorenweber

    (@sorenweber)

    15 years, 12 months ago

    Well, I found a solution myself, though when I upgrade to a new version I guess it will be lost… Anyways, I changed line 158 where the default values for the $post object appears to be set, from

    $post->post_status = 'draft';
    to
    $post->post_status = 'private';

    It’s a hack, but it works. I hope a more robust solution is possible(?)

    houseofstrauss

    (@houseofstrauss)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    $post->post_status = ‘draft’;

    Unable to find this line in 2.5.1 Did they change it again? any other ideas to do this. It must be such a simple switch, can’t imagine why it’s not a standard WP option

    Make all wordpress posts private by default ‘YES/NO’
    Make all wordpress pages private by default ‘YES/NO’

    Any other ideas ????

    muzicman82

    (@muzicman82)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    Any leads on this?

    Thread Starter sorenweber

    (@sorenweber)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    None. I have just quickly searched the code of 2.5.1 and I couldn’t find where the post object is being initialized.

    muzicman82

    (@muzicman82)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    I’ll try to hunt it down tomorrow. I’m going upgrade to 2.6 though.

    I’d really like a plug-in that allowed me to restrict access by category that works with 2.5+.

    houseofstrauss

    (@houseofstrauss)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    There are 2 recent plugins that do this. First is role scoper found here http://agapetry.net/news/introducing-role-scoper/ Good plugin but not a 5 minute job to set up. The other is in development at the moment called wp sentry found here http://www.peteholiday.com/wp-sentry/ Both these plugins are very new and both do exactly what has been missing for so long; a decent permission layer on wordpress! wp sentry is still growing features, and I think will be maturing soon. Scoper will do anything you want, but be prepared for a learning curve first. Hope that helps.

    behr

    (@behr)

    15 years ago

    I have hunted this one down in 2.7 (wordpress mu). it is under wp-admin/includes/post.php, in function get_default_post_to_edit().
    You will see:

    $post->ID = 0;
	$post->post_name = '';
	$post->post_author = '';
	$post->post_date = '';
	$post->post_password = '';
	$post->post_status = 'draft';
	$post->post_type = 'post';
	$post->to_ping = '';
	$post->pinged = '';

    Change $post->post_status = ‘draft’; to $post->post_status = ‘private’;

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