Title: Force Post Category Selection Author: Jatinder Pal Singh Published: 4 сар 12, 2012 Last modified: 2 сар 10, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/force-post-category-selection.svg) # Force Post Category Selection By [Jatinder Pal Singh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/j_p_s/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/force-post-category-selection.zip) * [Details](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/#description) * [Reviews](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/#installation) * [Development](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/) ## Description 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. ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin In Action screenshot-1.png screenshot-2.png * [[ ## Installation 1. Upload `force-post-category-selection` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it. ## FAQ Plugin is not working as expected If web browser doesn’t support JS, then this plugin will not work ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4c5cc19754db9acf5b03d3db01699a68a0aa56d6bd668a0c571df313e44675a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Love !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/love-42/)󠁿 [venelinpetrov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/venelinpetrov/) 6 сар 13, 2017 Even it’s not updated lately it works as expected ! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2ea981e3eec832e515255f0e734fd7559843e5989d1c1c9291c4e957bfd768fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Install, then forget. A+](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-then-forget-a/)󠁿 [AndyWarren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/awarren/) 9 сар 9, 2016 Just found this little gem of a plugin. Its so simple to use, literally just install then forget about it. I have two categories, and needed to make sure at least one of them was selected. This did the job perfectly. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66f3020711b63a04ab589ecd7a1cfa198425d0e3cddcd2b4065a689c9437ef74? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-effective-525/)󠁿 [Damian Davila](https://profiles.wordpress.org/damiandavila/) 9 сар 3, 2016 Works just as advertised. Thank you for saving me some coding time Jatinder. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3964017a0c9cb4a5c46f2dd61832eeb9bd75fa30bfc6969bfe65dd01b346e430? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A simple but useful tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-simple-but-useful-tool/)󠁿 [bcarney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcarney/) 9 сар 3, 2016 Does what it says it does – forces a user to select a Category before publishing. [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Force Post Category Selection” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jatinder Pal Singh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/j_p_s/) [Translate “Force Post Category Selection” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-post-category-selection) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/force-post-category-selection/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/force-post-category-selection/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-post-category-selection/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-post-category-selection/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Just developed #### 1.1 * Fixed bug with bbpress ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **11 жил ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.x or higher ** * Tested up to **4.x** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/) * Tags * [category](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[post](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) [publish](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/publish/)[require](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/require/) [without](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/without/) * [Advanced View](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/force-post-category-selection/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-post-category-selection/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jatinder Pal Singh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/j_p_s/) ## Support Got something to say? 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