Default category is changed

Hello!
I have the same problem…did you find anything on this bug?

This plugin seems abandoned…therefore I modified the line 548 in restrict-cateories.php which caused the bug:

Original code in function “posts_query”:

// Build an array for the categories
$cat_list_array = explode( ',', $this->cat_list );

Modified code:

// Build an array for the categories, including default option "0"
$cat_list_array = array_merge(array('0'), explode( ',', $this->cat_list ));

If you don’t want to modify the plugin source then you can add this action in your theme functions:

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'restrict_categories_fix', 20);
function restrict_categories_fix($query) {
    // fix bug in Restrict Categories plugin which changes default selected category in post admin list
    global $post_type, $pagenow;

    if($pagenow == 'edit.php' && $post_type == 'post') {
        $cat_list_array = $query->get('category__in');
        if (!in_array('0', $cat_list_array)) {
            $cat_list_array = array_merge(array('0'), $cat_list_array);
            $query->set( 'category__in', $cat_list_array );
        }
    }
}

Sorry I made a mistake, here is the correct version:

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'restrict_categories_fix', 20);
function restrict_categories_fix($query) {
    // fix bug in Restrict Categories plugin which changes default selected category in post admin list
    global $post_type, $pagenow;

    if($pagenow == 'edit.php' && $post_type == 'post') {
        $cat_list_array = $query->get('category__in');
        if (count($cat_list_array) && !in_array('0', $cat_list_array)) {
            $cat_list_array = array_merge(array('0'), $cat_list_array);
            $query->set( 'category__in', $cat_list_array );
        }
    }
}