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Auto-Deselect Uncategorized

Deselect "Uncategorized" (or your chosen "default category") when others are selected; re-select it when no others are.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.5
Current version1.0.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.5
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update8 Dec 20205y ago
Active installations40Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Auto-Deselect Uncategorized version 1.0.3 as active, updated 5y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.5.

Overview

About this plugin

Automatically and visibly deselect the “Uncategorized” category (or your custom default post category) when another category is selected, and select it when no other categories are selected. 0+ Block Editor (Gutenberg).

Purpose

To prevent the Uncategorized category from being attached to posts that are categorized, of course.

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“When you author a post in WordPress, it will automatically assign the post to your default category. This is determined by navigating to Settings > Writing and looking for Default Post Category. You can set the default category to a different one of your choosing, and you can even rename ‘Uncategorized’ to something that makes more sense for your site.

The challenge with the WordPress default category is that authors will frequently draft their articles and choose the appropriate category at the end of the process. All too often, they forget to uncheck the default category, so you have lots of mis-categorized, or double-categorized posts. ” (GeekWire, 2015)

Support

Support is handled in the WordPress forums. Please note that support is limited and does not cover any custom implementation of the plugin. Before posting a question, please confirm that the problem still exists with a default theme and with all other plugins disabled.

Please report any bugs, errors, warnings, or code issues on GitHub.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • category
  • deselect
  • deuncategorize
  • taxonomy
  • uncategorized
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.5

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.5.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 5.6
Update activity8 Dec 20205y ago

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