I have the following code for adding a dropdown box with a new taxonomy currently the default when I create a new post is None. Is there a way I can define a default, for example News.
function create_theme_taxonomy() {
if (!taxonomy_exists('type')) {
register_taxonomy( 'type', 'post', array( 'hierarchical' => false, 'label' => __('Article Type'), 'query_var' => 'type', 'rewrite' => true ));
}
}
function add_type_box() {
add_meta_box('type_box_ID', __('Article Type'), 'article_type', 'post', 'side', 'core');
remove_meta_box('tagsdiv-type','post','core');
}
function add_type_menus() {
if ( ! is_admin() )
return;
add_action('admin_menu', 'add_type_box');
}
add_type_menus();
// This function gets called in edit-form-advanced.php
function article_type($post) {
echo '<input type="hidden" name="taxonomy_noncename" id="taxonomy_noncename" value="' .
wp_create_nonce( 'taxonomy_type' ) . '" />';
// Get all type taxonomy terms
$types = get_terms('type', 'hide_empty=0');
?>
<select name='post_type' id='post_type'>
<!-- Display types as options -->
<?php
$names = wp_get_object_terms($post->ID, 'type');
?>
<option class='type-option' value=''
<?php if (!count($names)) echo "selected";?>>None</option>
<?php
foreach ($types as $type) {
if (!is_wp_error($names) && !empty($names) && !strcmp($type->slug, $names[0]->slug))
echo "<option class='type-option' value='" . $type->slug . "' selected>" . $type->name . "</option>\n";
else
echo "<option class='type-option' value='" . $type->slug . "'>" . $type->name . "</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
<?php
}