Title: Register setting
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Register setting

 *  [newkind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newkind/)
 * (@newkind)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/register-setting/)
 * Hi,
 * when i’m registering settings using register_setting(‘my-group’, ‘setting_name’)
   how can i declare a beggining value ? and how should i initialise it so new fields
   are added to options instantly after activating my theme ?
 * thanks!

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