Comments on: How to preset text in the WordPress post editor

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:57 +0000

How could I use this to pre-fill the Excerpt field?

Thanks.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:20:59 +0000

I know this post is 3 years old, but I just wanted to say, I really appreciate this code very much!

The code is so simple & still works perfect after all the WP updates over the last 3 years!

Great job!

By: Nick Budden

Nick Budden — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:46:17 +0000

This might be a weird addition, but I had to do this for a client’s site, so this might help someone else. If you want to populate an empty editor with the category description, here’s what you need to do:

`function preset_content() {
global $post;
$cat = get_the_category($post->ID);

if(empty($cat)) {

$default_content = “Please save the post’s category to show default content”;

} elseif ( $post->post_content == “Please save the post’s category to show default content” and $post->post_type == ‘post’ ) {
$default_content = esc_attr($cat[0]->description);

} else {
$default_content = $post->post_content;
}

return $default_content;
}
add_filter(‘the_editor_content’, ‘preset_content’);`

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:52:26 +0000

If you use custom post types (like I do) you can do this as well:

add_filter( 'default_content', 'my_editor_content' );

function my_editor_content( $content ) {

    global $post_type;

    switch( $post_type ) {
        case 'sources':
            $content = 'your content';
        break;
        case 'stories':
            $content = 'your content';
        break;
        case 'pictures':
            $content = 'your content';
        break;
        default:
            $content = 'your default content';
        break;
    }

    return $content;
}

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:27:35 +0000

Justin,

You’re a life saver. Thanks for taking on the challenge. This tiny feature made a huge difference!!!

Thanks again,
Jose

By: Riaan

Riaan — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:12:51 +0000

You, sir, are a legend. Thank you for this amazing tip!

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By: Chantal

Chantal — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:14:01 +0000

@zach "I tried it in the WordPress editor, my screen went completely white. " I had the same issue. Use the code provided by Grof Type in your content like so:

$default_content = ' Title of the first paragraph
	write your first paragraph here

Don't use the tag that screws up the code.