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Force Post Category Selection

This is simple plugin which forces the users to select atleast one category from the list while publishing a new post.

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Tested up to WordPress 4.0
Current version1.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 4.0
Minimum stackWP 3.x · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update10 Feb 201511y ago
Active installations100Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 10 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Force Post Category Selection version 1.1 as active, updated 11y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.0.

Overview

About this plugin

This is a simple plugin which is designed to help the posters who some times forget to select the post category and post is published under default category. Once activated, this plugin will force the users to select post category while adding new post to wordpress site. Whenever User tries to publish a post without selecting category, it will give an alert to the user and also highlight the category selection area so that user can see from where to select the post category.

Moreover, If poster hasn’t selected the category while clicking on publish button, it will save the post as draft under default, so no need to worry about loosing the post content in any case due to this plugin.

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Plugin tags

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

  • category
  • post
  • publish
  • require
  • without
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 4.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.x · PHP not listed
Update activity10 Feb 201511y ago

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