Title: WordPress Default Category
Author: jkalawe
Published: <strong>March 5, 2014</strong>
Last modified: March 6, 2014

---

Search plugins

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/default-category_a5996c.svg)

# default-category

 By [jkalawe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jkalawe/)

 * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/default-category/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/default-category/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/default-category/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/default-category/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of August 17, 2025 and is not available for download.
Reason: Licensing/Trademark Violation.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c123c50631406d3f912c1991fffdb8ede9bc45fb0e87f27ad56055576cc7adc1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Warning: affects pages too!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-affects-pages-too/)󠁿

 [babca](https://profiles.wordpress.org/babca/) September 25, 2016

Nice simple plugin, but comes with a huge flaw. It sets default category even for
new Pages, which can cause bad issues. Normally you wouldn’t notice that, since 
Pages edit form doesn’t show ‘Categories’ edit box. For example, if you have a member
only area and you block posts in default category, your new added pages will be 
blocked too. You can show ‘Categories’ box in Pages edit form with “Add Categories
to Pages” plugin and see it yourself. Plugin author: Make a select box in a plugin
settings panel so user can choose which post types it will affect, or place a warning
message to the plugin description please.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/default-category/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WordPress Default Category” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ jkalawe ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jkalawe/)

[Translate “WordPress Default Category” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/default-category)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/default-category/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/default-category/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/default-category/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/default-category/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/default-category/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/default-category/advanced/)