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1. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I have created a theme which uses certain categories to display content in particular areas on pages. I know that I can export the categories into a file which can be imported when using the theme but I would prefer that these categories were created automatically when the theme is activated. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this?

   Thanks.

2. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I see that I can use wp_insert_category, but how can I call this function automatically on theme activation?

3. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, l can use the functions.php file by the looks of it.

4. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Right, I've got this in my functions.php file and I was expecting it to insert the category on theme activation, but it isn't doing so. Any ideas why anyone?

   Thanks.

   <?php
   	function my_activation_settings($theme)
   	{
   	    if ( 'My Theme' == $theme )
   	    {
   			$my_cat = array('cat_name' => 'My Cat', 'category_description' => '', 'category_nicename' => 'my-cat', 'category_parent' => '');
   			$my_cat_id = wp_insert_category($my_cat);
   
   	    }
   	    return;
   	}
   
   	add_action('switch_theme', 'my_activation_settings');
   ?>

5. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Anyone out there? I'm trying this now.

   Adding this to the functions.php file

   wp_create_category('My category name');

   causes this error when I try and browse the Themes page in admin.

   The website encountered an error while retrieving http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/themes.php. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.

   I've managed to get posts creating fine in functions.php but categories just don't want to play!

   Please help.

6. nospario
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Found this, seems to do the job.

   $arg = array('description' => "my description", 'parent' => "cat_ID");
   $new_cat_id = wp_insert_term("cat name", "category", $arg);

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