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I have enabled categories on attachments, and I am trying to implement the logic to automatically handle the "Uncategorized" category, like this:

1) If the attachment has no categories, set it to "Uncategorized"

2) If the attachment has some category besides "Uncategorized", remove "Uncategorized" from the post's category list

I have tackled most of the logic, except that now I dont know how to remove the category from the Attachment. This is my code:

<?php

// Enable categories with attachments
register_taxonomy_for_object_type( 'category', 'attachment' );

if( is_admin() ) {

    add_action('add_attachment', 'emt_set_attachment_category');
    add_action('edit_attachment', 'emt_set_attachment_category');
    function emt_set_attachment_category( $post_ID ) {

        $attachmentCategories =  wp_get_object_terms( $post_ID, 'category' );

        // if attachment has many categories, remove the default category
        if (count($attachmentCategories) > 1) {
            foreach ($attachmentCategories as $key => $category)
                if ($category->name == "Uncategorized")
                    // How to delete it??

            return;
        }

        // if attachment already have categories, stop here
        if (count($attachmentCategories) == 1)
            return;

        // if attachment has no categories, set default category
        wp_set_post_categories( $post_ID, array( get_option('default_category') ) );
    }
}
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You want wp_remove_object_terms().

if ($category->name == "Uncategorized") {
    wp_remove_object_terms( $post_ID, 'uncategorized', 'category' );
}

Untested but "Attachments" are pretty much just posts under the hood, so I am fairly sure that should work.

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  • Worked flawlessly. Thanks! Follow-up question: Do you think I should run the "remove" inside a loop? – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 22 '14 at 23:27
  • I am not sure I understand. Why would you need a loop? You are only removing a single category. – s_ha_dum Feb 22 '14 at 23:29
  • Oh, I see. You mean that I don't need the loop that I posted in the question? If I try to remove the category "uncategorized", but the attachment isnt set to that category, no error will be given? – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 22 '14 at 23:36
  • You will need the loop you already have. – s_ha_dum Feb 22 '14 at 23:40
  • It seems like I don't! this works quite well :) gist.github.com/enriquemorenotent/9164197 – Enrique Moreno Tent Feb 22 '14 at 23:43

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