Title: problems with XMLRPC interface Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # problems with XMLRPC interface * [vires](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vires/) * (@vires) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/) * i tried both blogbuddy and w.bloggar software and neither of them will set the category right. i tried General and 2 and it always ends up with the default category….any ideas? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [vires](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vires/) * (@vires) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76106) * hmm..anyone not experiencing the same problem?….cuz i really need help * [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/) * (@carthik) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76150) * I use Sauce Reader, which is a feedreader+blog editor. It works real smooth, and unlike the others, lets you assign multiple cats, too. * [schinckel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schinckel/) * (@schinckel) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76793) * I am having a similar problem. I am hosted on blogsome, which uses WordPress Mu (1.5.1 alpha). * When I post using the web dashboard, no hassles. * If I post using ecto or MarsEdit (XMLRPC), the category I choose is selected, but so is the default category. Every time. * [dannyngan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannyngan/) * (@dannyngan) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76796) * I’ve noticed that this is still happening with the release version of 1.5.1 and ecto 2.3.2. Is this a WP thing or is it an issue with ecto interfacing with WP? * [dannyngan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannyngan/) * (@dannyngan) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76797) * I compared the xmlrpc from 1.5 with the one from 1.5.1, and I think I found the culprit. In the 1.5.1 version, the else statement that begins at line 583 seems to be the problem * `else { $post_category[] = 1; } * I commented that part out and the default category is no longer added when I post with ecto. * [indigojo_uk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigojo_uk/) * (@indigojo_uk) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76800) * Re dannyngan – In fact, in WordPress “General”, i.e. “Uncategorized” is the default category. Anything without a category will automatically go into General / Uncategorized, which makes this else block unnecessary. I wonder if anyone has bug-reported it? * [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/) * (@luhmann) * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76801) * Note: You need to comment it out twice. Otherwise it will appear when you update an existing entry! * Thanks for figuring this out! * [luhmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luhmann/) * (@luhmann) * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76802) * How do you report a bug? Or find out if it has been reported? * [MaxT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxt/) * (@maxt) * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76803) * [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php) * [kerimfriedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerimfriedman/) * (@kerimfriedman) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76804) * It has been reported: * [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=1355](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=1355) * [paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul/) * (@paul) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76805) * is this resolved to anyone’s satisfaction? I’m not sure just commenting out those else blocks at line 530 and 583 are doing it. Posts and re-posts are very slow: they actually seem to timeout in ecto. the changes do stick but ecto just spins. * [paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul/) * (@paul) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76806) * This is what I have ended up with: I leave the first block (starting at 530) alone and just change the one starting at 583: * ` 583 } else { 584 if (!($post_category)) { 585 $post_category[] = 1; 586 } 587 } * That seems to make re-posting or updating work as it should (ie, quickly). * and I just tested it with a new posting: seems to work there too. * [funkatron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkatron/) * (@funkatron) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76812) * Bump. * Any plans on slipping a solution to this easy-to-fix bug into an official release anytime soon? We’ve seen at least one release today without it. * [hongpong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hongpong/) * (@hongpong) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76813) * There was a security update that I think shifted around the line numbers. I can confirm that this little patch seems to work all right, but it is now located around line 622 as so: `622 } else { 623 if (!($post_category)) { 624 $post_category[] = 1; 625 } 626 } * [Guntis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guntis/) * (@guntis) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/#post-76814) * Just downloaded wordpress-1.5.1.3 and I cannot find these lines… Now in both instances (lines 559-567 and 617-625) this code looks like this: * $post_category = array(); * if (is_array($catnames)) { foreach ($catnames as $cat) { $post_category[] = get_cat_ID($cat); } } else if ( !empty($catnames) ) { $post_category = array( get_cat_ID($catnames)); } * I have the same old problem: when posting feeds from ecto, WordPress is replacing correct categories these feeds belong to and saves all feeds as the default category… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘problems with XMLRPC interface’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [xmlrpc](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xmlrpc/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 14 participants * Last reply from: [encrml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encrml/) * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-xmlrpc-interface/page/2/#post-76839) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics