ategories as $category) {
			if (is_array($category)) {
				// New format: {id, name, url}
				$id = isset($category['id']) ? absint($category['id']) : 0;
				if ($id > 0) {
					$item = ['id' => $id];
					if (isset($category['name'])) {
						$item['name'] = sanitize_text_field($category['name']);
					}
					if (isset($category['url'])) {
						$item['url'] = esc_url_raw($category['url']);
					}
					$sanitized[] = $item;
				}
			} else {
				// Old format: just ID
				$id = absint($category);
				if ($id > 0) {
					$sanitized[] = $id;
				}
			}
		}
		return array_values($sanitized);
	}

	/**
	 * Sanitize visibility custom post types array
	 * Handles both old format (slug-only) and new format (objects with metadata)
	 *
	 * @since 2.5.0
	 * @param array $post_types Array of post types (slugs or objects)
	 * @return array Sanitized post types array
	 */
	private static function sanitize_visibility_post_types(array $post_types): array
	{
		$sanitized = [];
		foreach ($post_types as $post_type) {
			if (is_array($post_type)) {
				// New format: {name (slug), label}
				$slug = isset($post_type['name']) ? sanitize_key($post_type['name']) : '';
				if (!empty($slug)) {
					$item = ['name' => $slug];
					if (isset($post_type['label'])) {
						$item['label'] = sanitize_text_field($post_type['label']);
					}
					$sanitized[] = $item;
				}
			} else {
				// Old format: just slug
				$slug = sanitize_key($post_type);
				if (!empty($slug)) {
					$sanitized[] = $slug;
				}
			}
		}
		return array_values($sanitized);
	}
}