jkalawe

Default Category is a a helpful workflow tool:
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Enforce editorial standards for posts
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A quick reference for content editors that aren’t regular contributors
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Each user can have their own set of default categories
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Site-wide categories will be applied if a user has not specified their own default categories
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<h4>Multisite</h4>
Default Category is also multisite compatible as it has been designed for a multisite environment.

WordPress Default Category

Auto select categories for new posts based on user or site-wide settings.

Automattic

Daniel Bachhuber

Mohammad Jangda

Scott Bressler

Edit Flow empowers you to collaborate with your editorial team inside WordPress. We’ve made it modular so you can customize it to your needs:
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<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/calendar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Calendar</a> – A convenient month-by-month look at your content.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/custom-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Statuses</a> – Define the key stages to your workflow.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/editorial-comments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Editorial Comments</a> – Threaded commenting in the admin for private discussion between writers and editors.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/editorial-metadata/" rel="nofollow ugc">Editorial Metadata</a> – Keep track of the important details.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/notifications/" rel="nofollow ugc">Notifications</a> – Receive timely updates on the content you’re following.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/story-budget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Story Budget</a> – View your upcoming content budget.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/user-groups/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Groups</a> – Keep your users organized by department or function.</li>
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More details for each feature, screenshots and documentation can be found on <a href="http://editflow.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">our website</a>.
We’d love to hear from you! For support questions, feedback and ideas, please use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/tags/edit-flow?forum_id=10" rel="ugc">WordPress.org forums</a>, which we look at often. If you’d like to contribute code, <a href="http://editflow.org/contribute/" rel="nofollow ugc">we’d love to have you involved</a>.

Edit Flow

I have a fresh install with no plugins and Twenty Seventeen and I get this error when I try to activate the plugin: 

The plugin does not have a valid header.

Is this plugin dead?

Unable to Activate

Great plugin, logical interface. But there are two huge downsides:


	No active support from the developers
	It does not work on Gutenberg


So if you're not working with Gutenberg (which will be the default editor in WP 5.0) and you have no need for support: go for it! Great plugin!
In all other cases: find something better, and let me know what you've found, I need a replacement as well ;)

WordPress Default Category vs Edit Flow