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dropdown_categories( int $default_category, int $category_parent, array $popular_ids = array() )

Legacy function used to generate the categories checklist control.

Description

See also

Parameters

$default_categoryintrequired
Unused.
$category_parentintrequired
Unused.
$popular_idsarrayoptional
Unused.

Default:array()

Source

function dropdown_categories( $default_category = 0, $category_parent = 0, $popular_ids = array() ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.6.0', 'wp_category_checklist()' );
	global $post_ID;
	wp_category_checklist( $post_ID );
}

Changelog

Version Description
2.6.0 Use wp_category_checklist()
0.71 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/dropdown_categories