Automatically Create Page When Theme Is Activated

Revision: 35480

at November 9, 2010 04:43 by fjarrett

Updated Code

// Automatically Create Page When Theme Is Activated
$page_check = get_page_by_title('Sermon Media');
$page_check_id = $page_check->ID;
$new_page = array(
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_title' => 'Sermon Media',
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check_id)){
	wp_insert_post($new_page);
	$new_page_data = get_page_by_title('Page Title');
	$new_page_id = $new_page_data->ID;
	update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template','page-template.php');
}

Revision: 35479

at November 9, 2010 04:43 by fjarrett

Updated Code

//Automatically Create Page When Theme Is Activated
$page_check = get_page_by_title('Sermon Media');
$page_check_id = $page_check->ID;
$new_page = array(
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_title' => 'Sermon Media',
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check_id)){
	wp_insert_post($new_page);
	$new_page_data = get_page_by_title('Page Title');
	$new_page_id = $new_page_data->ID;
	update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template','page-template.php');
}

Revision: 35478

at November 9, 2010 04:41 by fjarrett

Updated Code

$page_check = get_page_by_title('Sermon Media');
$page_check_id = $page_check->ID;
$new_page = array(
	'post_type' => 'page',
	'post_title' => 'Sermon Media',
	'post_status' => 'publish',
	'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check_id)){
	wp_insert_post($new_page);
	$new_page_data = get_page_by_title('Page Title');
	$new_page_id = $new_page_data->ID;
	update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template','page-template.php');
}

Revision: 35477

at November 9, 2010 04:40 by fjarrett

Initial Code

$page_check = get_page_by_title('Page Title');
$page_check_id = $page_check->ID;

$new_page = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_title' => 'Page Title',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,

);

if(!isset($page_check_id)){
	wp_insert_post($new_page);
	$new_page_data = get_page_by_title('Page Title');
	$new_page_id = $new_page_data->ID;
	update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template','page-template.php');
}

Initial URL

http://graphicriver.net/forums/thread/create-a-new-page-upon-theme-activation/33238?page=1

Initial Description

Simply replace 'Page Title' with your desired page title to automatically create the page when your theme is activated. Thanks to MattStrange for the original concept.

Initial Title

Automatically Create Page When Theme Is Activated

Initial Tags

wordpress

Initial Language

PHP

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