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<select name='radar_options[blog_category]'>

    <?php

		$categories=get_categories();

		  foreach($categories as $category) { 

			

			$selected = '';    

		    $selected = 'selected="selected"';

		    

		    echo '<option value="' . $radar_options['blog_category'] . '" ' . $selected . '>' . $category->name . '</option>';

		    

		   

		   } 

		?>

</select>

Mike McAlister | 06/29/12 at 4:25pm Edit

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  Last edited:
  06/29/12
  4:30pm
  Luis Abarca says:

  
  
  wp_dropdown_categories
  
  

  
  
  http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_dropdown_categories

  Previous versions of this answer: 06/29/12 at 4:30pm

  • 06/29/12 4:31pm
    
    Mike McAlister says:

    No, not that easy. This is for plugin settings, so you can't just paste wp_dropdown_categories in there.
    
    Mike

  • 06/29/12 4:35pm
    
    Luis Abarca says:

    Just get the category from your plugin options
    
    

    
    
    
    
    $radar_options = get_option('radar_options');
    
    
    
    $category_selected = $radar_options['blog_category'];
    
    
    
    wp_dropdown_categories(array('name' => "radar_options[blog_category]", 'selected' => $category_selected) );
    
    

  • 06/29/12 4:53pm
    
    Mike McAlister says:

    This does bring in the categories as it should, but it doesn't seem to be saving. I've tried to echo out the blog_category setting and it returns blank.

  • 06/29/12 4:56pm
    
    Mike McAlister says:

    Apologies, it DOES work. I had another option resetting it by accident. Good stuff, Luis.

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  Last edited:
  06/29/12
  4:53pm
  Kailey Lampert says:

  Luis' answer looks good to me. Where's it falling short for your needs?

  • 06/29/12 4:53pm
    
    Mike McAlister says:

    This does bring in the categories as it should, but it doesn't seem to be saving. I've tried to echo out the blog_category setting and it returns blank.

  • 06/29/12 4:56pm
    
    Mike McAlister says:

    He was right, I had a stupid piece of duplicate code screwing things up. D'oh!

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