Option to default providers on for all posts

[snarfed]

I want to send pretty much all of my posts to Bridgy Fed, so I'm looking for a way to default it to on (checked) for all posts. I especially want this because I use https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieweb-press-this/, and the Synd Links providers don't show up in the Press This UI.

I tried this, but it didn't work:

function always_bridgy_fed( $checked, $uid = null, $post_ID = null ) {
    return ( $uid == 'bridgy-fed' ) ? true : $checked;
}
add_filter('syndication_link_checked', 'always_bridgy_fed');

Thanks in advance!

[dshanske]

I will be looking at this.

[dshanske]

@snarfed Shouldn't it be:

add_filter('syndication_link_checked', 'always_bridgy_fed', 10, 3);

[snarfed]

@dshanske ahhh that did it, thank you!

I'll still hope for official support in the plugin, but still, awesome, glad this workaround works now.

[dshanske]

@snarfed I really want to address in a more granular way ala #89

[dshanske]

I don't like the idea of it being always for all posts.

[dshanske]

There's also this. https://github.com/indieweb/micropub-extensions/issues/23

[dshanske]

The checkbox system is based on the Micropub system it integrates into

[snarfed]

Alas, the custom filter above works in the standard editor, but not in the Press This editor, probably because the Synd Links UI doesn't show up there, so it doesn't render the checkboxes or run the filter at all. So yeah, I'd definitely like a more built in way to do this. Per category or tag or anything else is fine, as long as it's automatic.

[dshanske]

@snarfed Just need to come up with a good idea. As for Press This, I should check the code to see if I can add it in there.

[snarfed]

OK! Re Press This, if you do it underneath the UI, ie not specifically dependent on checkboxes or any other specific HTML elements in the editor, then you won't have to worry about Press This, the mobile app, or any of the many other UIs.

For example, say a provider is configured in settings to default to enabled, either always for a given category/tag. When a post is published or updated, if the request explicitly enables or disables that provider (eg in the standard editor), then you obey that. Otherwise, if it doesn't explicitly do either, then you use the default.

[dshanske]

Might not be the next release, which will be tying up some loose ends for users.

[snarfed]

This is still grating on me every day. Thanks in advance for looking at this eventually!