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Automatically activating theme after WordPress installation

Ruben Sargsyan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:57:35 +0000

To activate the theme that you want to be activated automatically after WordPress (version 3.0 and more) installation, copy that theme to the /wp-content/themes/ directory, then open the file default-constants.php from the directory /wp-includes/ and in the function wp_templating_constants change the value of WP_DEFAULT_THEME to the name of the theme directory.

Example:
define( ‘WP_DEFAULT_THEME’, ‘mortgage’ );

Automatically set permalink custom structure after WordPress installation

Ruben Sargsyan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:28:23 +0000

For setting the permalink structure that you want to be set automatically after WordPress installation, open the file schema.php from the directory /wp-admin/includes/ and set the value of permalink_structure of the array $options of the function populate_options that structure which you want to be set. Then open the file upgrade.php from the same directory and add $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure(get_option(“permalink_structure”)); just before $wp_rewrite->flush_rules(); in the function wp_install.

Automatic activating plugins after WordPress installation

Ruben Sargsyan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:15:54 +0000

To activate the plugins that you want to be activated automatically after WordPress installation, copy those plugins to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, then open the file schema.php from the directory /wp-admin/includes/ and add the plugins main files names in the active_plugins array which is in the $options array of the function populate_options.

Example:
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‘active_plugins’ => array(“explanatory-dictionary/explanatory-dictionary.php”,”most-commenting-visitors/most-commenting-visitors.php”,”greetings/greetings.php”,”running-line/running-line.php”,”subscribe-to-author-posts-feed/subscribe-to-author-posts-feed.php”),
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