Select All Categories in a Custom Post Type - Meta Box

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December 23, 2023 at 12:41 AM #44163

Tanya
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Hello Everyone - I hope that everyone is having a lovely Friday!

I was wondering - Is there a way to have all the categories in a custom post type post be selected automatically by default? Or is there an option to have a "select all" button or link?

Thank you in advance for any help you may offer! 🙂

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December 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM #44166

Peter
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Hello Tanya,

You can use the field type taxonomy or taxonomy_advanced, there is an option to select all terms of a taxonomy, screenshot https://imgur.com/3h12Pdy
Follow the documentation
https://docs.metabox.io/fields/taxonomy/
https://docs.metabox.io/fields/select-advanced/

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December 28, 2023 at 3:17 AM #44176

Tanya
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Thank you so much for your response Peter, My apologies for the late response - the holidays caught up with me.

The help files you have noted appear to be for custom fields - I was looking for a custom taxonomy option (categories for a CPT).

I know it isn't good practice to have the same post in multiple categories but customers are always right LOL

Tanya

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December 29, 2023 at 4:41 PM #44182

Peter
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Hello,

The default meta box Category of WordPress doesn't have that option. You can use the field taxonomy, it sets the post term like the meta box Category.

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