deUncategorize

Prevent Posts from Accidentally Appearing in the »Uncategorized« Category

deUncategorize is bloody brilliant [...] Genius! Jo Salmon

Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve posted something on your WordPress blog in the appropriate categories just to notice several days later you forgot to assign a category which resulted in an Uncategorized post? Then this straight forward plugin is for you (and your WordPress installation)!

The whole purpose of this plugin is to deselect the default category set under Options → Writing (Uncategorized per default) if any other category is selected while writing or editing a post. JavaScript needs to be enabled and I’ve tested this using Safari, Firefox, Opera and IE 6 and 7 while using WordPress 2.0.4+, 2.1+, 2.2+ and 2.3+.

WordPress 2.1.x:
There’s only one version for WordPress 2.0.x and 2.1 and later. The only difference since WordPress 2.1 is the lack of a checked default category for new posts. Forgetting to set a category will result in an Uncategorized post after all. So deUncategorize still comes in handy to automatically deselect the default category when editing a post after submitting it and assigning the first custom category.

Adding deUncategorize to Your Blog

Indispensabile plugin per wordpress Maestro Alberto

Download the plugin and upload it to your blog’s /wp-content/plugins/ folder. Then activate it from your admin panel. No more uncategorized blogging… Simple as that!

Support/Feedback

Please provide feedback via the contact page if you experience any problems using this plugin on your WordPress installation. It should work with localized versions. Please also leave a comment if you find deUncategorize useful.

Disclaimer

This plugin is provided as is. Though I did my best to produce a plugin of good quality I can’t guarantee that this plugin is safe, secure or error free. Use it at your own risk and always make a backup copy of your blog before trying new plugins or themes!

Download

Download deUncategorize 1.4

Release Notes

deUncategorize 1.4 (January 23rd, 2007): changes since version 1.3

  • WordPress 2.1(.x) compatible.

deUncategorize 1.3 (January 16th, 2007): changes since version 1.2

  • Fixed a bug which prevented the deselecting of a default category that wasn’t the last category listed.

Read older release notes on the next page…

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45 Responses to “deUncategorize”

  1. Trackback from Deselezionare in modo permanente la categoria predefinita « Mondo Wordpress

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  2. Kenneth says:

    I was using your plugin, but I noticed it added a couple of pipes | | before the content on both site and wordpress admin pages. It’s currently disabled, but that’s definitely something you should look into.

  3. (post author) Daniel says:

    Kenneth, that’s really strange because there is not a single pipe used in the plugin’s source and it definitely only modifies the admin pages for posting.
    I’ve noticed on your site that there is a trailing pipe after your category list below your posts even though you said the plugin is deactivated now. I think the problem is another plugin. You may send me a more detailed problem report via my Contact page.

  4. (post author) Daniel says:

    Thanks for your e-mail Kenneth! The download link now points to a zip file and the problem should be gone.

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  7. Lloyd D Budd says:

    You will be happy to know that this effect (done much more simply) will be included in WordPress 2.0.5 . Don’t have a category selected by default.

  8. (post author) Daniel says:

    Lloyd, that’s great to hear. I’ve searched a while but didn’t find this ticket. And now there’s already another plugin… Seems like I should’ve looked a bit longer :-)

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  12. tricky says:

    Hi,

    I wonder if you can add an extra functionality to this plugin…

    If a child category is chosen, to aumaticaly select its parent.

    Great plugin, small yet VERY useful

  13. (post author) Daniel says:

    Good idea, tricky. I’ll take a look at it when I’ve got some time on my hands.

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  17. elran says:

    hey,

    great plugin!

    that sucks about wp 2.0.5 –
    until about 10 seconds ago i thought this was the best plugin i’d found in months.

    i’m still going to install it, at least until the new version of wp comes out.
    i’ve needed this exact feature for some time now and i’m just tired of waiting.

    if you could get this plugin to selects it’s parent categories (as suggested by tricky), i would definitely keep it installed even after upgrading to 2.0.5 (assuming it didn’t conflict in some way)

    also, i was wondering if it can “deUncategorize” past posts that have already been published. if not, there’s another feature you might consider adding to make this plugin even more powerful.

    nice job!

  18. (post author) Daniel says:

    Automatically selecting the parent category is not easily done (without modifying WP core files). I want this plugin to be ready after uploading and activating so manual changing of core files is out of question. Let’s wait and see which features WP 2.0.5 has.

    As for automatically removing published posts from Uncategorized — it’s a bit dangerous (and would be a completely different plugin). It’s better to browse your Uncategorized archives and change it manually.

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  24. (post author) Daniel says:

    The fix Lloyd mentioned (not having a category selected by default) will be . (The fix was postponed from its original target version 2.0.5.)
    Until then deUncategorize is still very useful!

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  26. trigger says:

    This is great….thank you. major pain solved

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  31. jumpa says:

    There’s an error in the code which causes the deselect of the default category not to work if this is not the last checkbox.

  32. (post author) Daniel says:

    It’s fixed. Thanks jumpa!

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  42. Eule says:

    Juhuuu another great plugin that makes my life easier (I’m searching the web for cool plugins for two hours now and this is the fifth plugin that’s useful for my blog ;-)
    Nearly 50% of my posts are uncategorized btw ;-)

  43. SEO Zombie says:

    Nice. I actually do this a surprising number of times. That or I assign the wrong category. I try to not use the uncategorized category that often.

  44. North Wales Website Design says:

    Works a charm! Thanks!

  45. Top WP Plugins says:

    Nice info, its very useful on my blog I was try to install those plugins and running well, thanks

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