Title: Include static page when creating theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Include static page when creating theme

 *  Resolved [izuro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izuro/)
 * (@izuro)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/)
 * Hi,
 * How can I include a static page when a user installs my custom theme?
 * For e.g – when a WP blog WITHOUT a page called ‘My Pictures’ installs(activates)
   my custome theme, a static page ‘My Pictures’ is created
 * Thanks in advance

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 *  [Lucian Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fldtrace/)
 * (@fldtrace)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122651)
 * Hmm, good question.
 * By default wordpress installation creates a single page called About. But this
   is not controlled by theme, it is created by WordPress Engine so you might want
   to take a look in code outside of theme folder.
 *  [gratefulal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gratefulal/)
 * (@gratefulal)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122661)
 * I’m hardly equipped or experienced enough to clear this up for you, but, this
   might be the answer you are looking for.
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5o_O1cK6s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5o_O1cK6s)
   
   I like the McBuzz series, clear and concise. The site is [http://www.mcbuzz.com](http://www.mcbuzz.com)
   with some 30 plus videos nicely arranged.
 * Also try a search-specific terms “how to ….”
 *  [Lucian Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fldtrace/)
 * (@fldtrace)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122688)
 * He wasn’t asking this. The tutorial just shows how to make a static page from
   reading options.
 *  [EMG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emg/)
 * (@emg)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122692)
 * Ooooooof.
 * Touching core WP files (and telling users to touch core WP files) is walking 
   a bit on shaky ground, in my opinion, as many WP users have enough trouble with
   themes on their own without any fiddling with core files.
 * A potential alternative would be to create a custom page template for the pictures
   page and give users the option of using the pictures page template as their page
   template when they themselves create a pictures page.
 * But yeah, if you’re looking to auto load a WP page named Pictures (like the About
   page that fldtrace is talking about) upon theme load, then that will require 
   some way of tweaking WP’s core files.
 * … Perhaps a plugin option or maybe a theme function/option?
 *  Thread Starter [izuro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izuro/)
 * (@izuro)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122746)
 * Touching the core files is the last thing I would want to do..
    It seems as I
   dug deeper, plugin/theme functions are the way to go, although I’ve yet to figure
   out how to create static pages from there.
 * I like EMG’s first suggestion and I guess that should suffice, as long as I provide
   instructions to use that template and create the pictures page after theme activation.
   
   But still, it’d be good to have it done automatically :/
 * Anyway thank you all for the suggestions!
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-static-page-when-creating-theme/#post-1122747)
 * Essentially you’re wanting your theme to create a new entry in the database, 
   i don’t think this is really the scope of a theme’s possibilities, nor do i think
   this is the kind of behaviour a theme should be able to exhibit..

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