anttti

<p>When creating new posts or pages (of regular WordPress types or custom post types), this plugin makes them private by default.</p>
<p>Just activate the plugin, no further configuration is necessary (or even possible).</p>
<p>This plugin is a fork of the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/" rel="ugc">Private Posts by Default plugin</a> since it didn’t work properly in WordPress 4.3 and wasn’t updated in more than three years.</p>
<h4>Important URL’s</h4>
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<li><a href="http://rarelyneeded.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/anttti" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a></li>
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Private by Default

When creating new posts or pages (of regular WordPress types or custom post types), this plugin makes them private by default.

jkalawe

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


WordPress Default Category

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

Private by Default vs WordPress Default Category