Title: Database Population
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Population

 *  Resolved [arhineus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arhineus/)
 * (@arhineus)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-population/)
 * I’m searching to find where the installation script populates the database with
   the initial posts and pages, but haven’t had any luck.
 * Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-population/#post-1062647)
 * It’s wp-admin/install.php
 * But if you want to change what the intial script installs, create your own install.
   php and put it in the `wp-content` folder and WordPress will use that rather 
   than `wp-admin/install.php`.
 * Here’s an install script that will install only the bare bones data (i.e. the
   default category)
 *     ```
       <?php
       function wp_install_defaults() {
       	global $wpdb;
   
       	// Default category
       	$cat_name = $wpdb->escape(__('Uncategorized'));
       	$cat_slug = sanitize_title(_c('Uncategorized|Default category slug'));
       	$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->terms (name, slug, term_group) VALUES ('$cat_name', '$cat_slug', '0')");
       	$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->term_taxonomy (term_id, taxonomy, description, parent, count) VALUES ('1', 'category', '', '0', '1')");
       }
       ?>
       ```
   

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-population/#post-1062647)
 * Status: resolved

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