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1. sorenweber
   Member
   Posted 4 years 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...

2. sorenweber
   Member
   Posted 4 years 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(?)

3. houseofstrauss
   Member
   Posted 3 years 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 ????

4. muzicman82
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Any leads on this?

5. sorenweber
   Member
   Posted 3 years 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.

6. muzicman82
   Member
   Posted 3 years 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+.

7. houseofstrauss
   Member
   Posted 3 years 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.

8. behr
   Member
   Posted 3 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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