diff --git a/assets/js/plugin-check-admin.js b/assets/js/plugin-check-admin.js
index 089b32bf8..086eef5c4 100644
--- a/assets/js/plugin-check-admin.js
+++ b/assets/js/plugin-check-admin.js
@@ -35,6 +35,29 @@
 	canRunChecks();
 	pluginsList.addEventListener( 'change', canRunChecks );
 
+	function saveUserSettings() {
+		const selectedCategories = [];
+
+		// Assuming you have a list of category checkboxes, find the selected ones.
+		categoriesList.forEach( function ( checkbox ) {
+			if ( checkbox.checked ) {
+				selectedCategories.push( checkbox.value );
+			}
+		} );
+
+		// Join the selected category slugs with '__' and save it as a user setting.
+		const settingValue = selectedCategories.join( '__' );
+		window.setUserSetting(
+			'plugin_check_category_preferences',
+			settingValue
+		);
+	}
+
+	// Attach the saveUserSettings function when a category checkbox is clicked.
+	categoriesList.forEach( function ( checkbox ) {
+		checkbox.addEventListener( 'change', saveUserSettings );
+	} );
+
 	// When the Check it button is clicked.
 	checkItButton.addEventListener( 'click', ( e ) => {
 		e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/includes/Admin/Admin_Page.php b/includes/Admin/Admin_Page.php
index 51588bdef..4e6b61c6b 100644
--- a/includes/Admin/Admin_Page.php
+++ b/includes/Admin/Admin_Page.php
@@ -150,16 +150,20 @@ private function get_available_plugins() {
 	 * Renders the "Plugin Check" page.
 	 *
 	 * @since n.e.x.t
+	 *
+	 * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedLocalVariable)
 	 */
 	public function render_page() {
-		global $available_plugins, $selected_plugin_basename, $categories;
-
 		$available_plugins = $this->get_available_plugins();
 
 		$selected_plugin_basename = filter_input( INPUT_GET, 'plugin', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS );
 
 		$categories = Check_Categories::get_categories();
 
+		// Get user settings for category preferences and set a default value to check all categories by default.
+		$user_enabled_categories = get_user_setting( 'plugin_check_category_preferences', 'all_categories' );
+		$user_enabled_categories = 'all_categories' === $user_enabled_categories ? $categories : explode( '__', $user_enabled_categories );
+
 		require WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_PLUGIN_DIR_PATH . 'templates/admin-page.php';
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/admin-page.php b/templates/admin-page.php
index 2188fa656..37445e1c8 100644
--- a/templates/admin-page.php
+++ b/templates/admin-page.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 							<fieldset>
 								<legend class="screen-reader-text"><?php echo esc_html( $category ); ?></legend>
 								<label for="<?php echo esc_attr( $category ); ?>">
-									<input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $category ); ?>" name="categories" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $category ); ?>" checked="checked" />
+									<input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $category ); ?>" name="categories" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $category ); ?>" <?php checked( in_array( $category, $user_enabled_categories, true ) ); ?> />
 									<?php echo esc_html( ucfirst( str_replace( '_', ' ', $category ) ) ); ?>
 								</label>
 							</fieldset>