Using the following snippet, you will be able to create a new page on theme activation in your WordPress website.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | if (isset($_GET['activated']) && is_admin()){ $new_page_title = 'This is the page title'; $new_page_content = 'This is the page content'; $new_page_template = ''; //ex. template-custom.php. Leave blank if you don't want a custom page template. //don't change the code bellow, unless you know what you're doing $page_check = get_page_by_title($new_page_title); $new_page = array( 'post_type' => 'page', 'post_title' => $new_page_title, 'post_content' => $new_page_content, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_author' => 1, ); if(!isset($page_check->ID)){ $new_page_id = wp_insert_post($new_page); if(!empty($new_page_template)){ update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template', $new_page_template); } } } |
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