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populate_options( array $options = array() )

Create WordPress options and set the default values.

Parameters

$options

(array) (Optional) Custom option $key => $value pairs to use.

Default value: array()

Source

File: wp-admin/includes/schema.php

function populate_options( array $options = array() ) {
	global $wpdb, $wp_db_version, $wp_current_db_version;

	$guessurl = wp_guess_url();
	/**
	 * Fires before creating WordPress options and populating their default values.
	 *
	 * @since 2.6.0
	 */
	do_action( 'populate_options' );

	// If WP_DEFAULT_THEME doesn't exist, fall back to the latest core default theme.
	$stylesheet = WP_DEFAULT_THEME;
	$template   = WP_DEFAULT_THEME;
	$theme      = wp_get_theme( WP_DEFAULT_THEME );
	if ( ! $theme->exists() ) {
		$theme = WP_Theme::get_core_default_theme();
	}

	// If we can't find a core default theme, WP_DEFAULT_THEME is the best we can do.
	if ( $theme ) {
		$stylesheet = $theme->get_stylesheet();
		$template   = $theme->get_template();
	}

	$timezone_string = '';
	$gmt_offset      = 0;
	/*
	 * translators: default GMT offset or timezone string. Must be either a valid offset (-12 to 14)
	 * or a valid timezone string (America/New_York). See https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
	 * for all timezone strings supported by PHP.
	 */
	$offset_or_tz = _x( '0', 'default GMT offset or timezone string' ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.NoEmptyStrings
	if ( is_numeric( $offset_or_tz ) ) {
		$gmt_offset = $offset_or_tz;
	} elseif ( $offset_or_tz && in_array( $offset_or_tz, timezone_identifiers_list(), true ) ) {
			$timezone_string = $offset_or_tz;
	}

	$defaults = array(
		'siteurl'                         => $guessurl,
		'home'                            => $guessurl,
		'blogname'                        => __( 'My Site' ),
		/* translators: Site tagline. */
		'blogdescription'                 => __( 'Just another WordPress site' ),
		'users_can_register'              => 0,
		'admin_email'                     => '[email protected]',
		/* translators: Default start of the week. 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday. */
		'start_of_week'                   => _x( '1', 'start of week' ),
		'use_balanceTags'                 => 0,
		'use_smilies'                     => 1,
		'require_name_email'              => 1,
		'comments_notify'                 => 1,
		'posts_per_rss'                   => 10,
		'rss_use_excerpt'                 => 0,
		'mailserver_url'                  => 'mail.example.com',
		'mailserver_login'                => '[email protected]',
		'mailserver_pass'                 => 'password',
		'mailserver_port'                 => 110,
		'default_category'                => 1,
		'default_comment_status'          => 'open',
		'default_ping_status'             => 'open',
		'default_pingback_flag'           => 1,
		'posts_per_page'                  => 10,
		/* translators: Default date format, see https://www.php.net/date */
		'date_format'                     => __( 'F j, Y' ),
		/* translators: Default time format, see https://www.php.net/date */
		'time_format'                     => __( 'g:i a' ),
		/* translators: Links last updated date format, see https://www.php.net/date */
		'links_updated_date_format'       => __( 'F j, Y g:i a' ),
		'comment_moderation'              => 0,
		'moderation_notify'               => 1,
		'permalink_structure'             => '',
		'rewrite_rules'                   => '',
		'hack_file'                       => 0,
		'blog_charset'                    => 'UTF-8',
		'moderation_keys'                 => '',
		'active_plugins'                  => array(),
		'category_base'                   => '',
		'ping_sites'                      => 'http://rpc.pingomatic.com/',
		'comment_max_links'               => 2,
		'gmt_offset'                      => $gmt_offset,

		// 1.5.0
		'default_email_category'          => 1,
		'recently_edited'                 => '',
		'template'                        => $template,
		'stylesheet'                      => $stylesheet,
		'comment_registration'            => 0,
		'html_type'                       => 'text/html',

		// 1.5.1
		'use_trackback'                   => 0,

		// 2.0.0
		'default_role'                    => 'subscriber',
		'db_version'                      => $wp_db_version,

		// 2.0.1
		'uploads_use_yearmonth_folders'   => 1,
		'upload_path'                     => '',

		// 2.1.0
		'blog_public'                     => '1',
		'default_link_category'           => 2,
		'show_on_front'                   => 'posts',

		// 2.2.0
		'tag_base'                        => '',

		// 2.5.0
		'show_avatars'                    => '1',
		'avatar_rating'                   => 'G',
		'upload_url_path'                 => '',
		'thumbnail_size_w'                => 150,
		'thumbnail_size_h'                => 150,
		'thumbnail_crop'                  => 1,
		'medium_size_w'                   => 300,
		'medium_size_h'                   => 300,

		// 2.6.0
		'avatar_default'                  => 'mystery',

		// 2.7.0
		'large_size_w'                    => 1024,
		'large_size_h'                    => 1024,
		'image_default_link_type'         => 'none',
		'image_default_size'              => '',
		'image_default_align'             => '',
		'close_comments_for_old_posts'    => 0,
		'close_comments_days_old'         => 14,
		'thread_comments'                 => 1,
		'thread_comments_depth'           => 5,
		'page_comments'                   => 0,
		'comments_per_page'               => 50,
		'default_comments_page'           => 'newest',
		'comment_order'                   => 'asc',
		'sticky_posts'                    => array(),
		'widget_categories'               => array(),
		'widget_text'                     => array(),
		'widget_rss'                      => array(),
		'uninstall_plugins'               => array(),

		// 2.8.0
		'timezone_string'                 => $timezone_string,

		// 3.0.0
		'page_for_posts'                  => 0,
		'page_on_front'                   => 0,

		// 3.1.0
		'default_post_format'             => 0,

		// 3.5.0
		'link_manager_enabled'            => 0,

		// 4.3.0
		'finished_splitting_shared_terms' => 1,
		'site_icon'                       => 0,

		// 4.4.0
		'medium_large_size_w'             => 768,
		'medium_large_size_h'             => 0,

		// 4.9.6
		'wp_page_for_privacy_policy'      => 0,

		// 4.9.8
		'show_comments_cookies_opt_in'    => 1,

		// 5.3.0
		'admin_email_lifespan'            => ( time() + 6 * MONTH_IN_SECONDS ),

		// 5.5.0
		'disallowed_keys'                 => '',
		'comment_previously_approved'     => 1,
		'auto_plugin_theme_update_emails' => array(),
	);

	// 3.3.0
	if ( ! is_multisite() ) {
		$defaults['initial_db_version'] = ! empty( $wp_current_db_version ) && $wp_current_db_version < $wp_db_version
			? $wp_current_db_version : $wp_db_version;
	}

	// 3.0.0 multisite.
	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		/* translators: %s: Network title. */
		$defaults['blogdescription']     = sprintf( __( 'Just another %s site' ), get_network()->site_name );
		$defaults['permalink_structure'] = '/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/';
	}

	$options = wp_parse_args( $options, $defaults );

	// Set autoload to no for these options.
	$fat_options = array(
		'moderation_keys',
		'recently_edited',
		'disallowed_keys',
		'uninstall_plugins',
		'auto_plugin_theme_update_emails',
	);

	$keys             = "'" . implode( "', '", array_keys( $options ) ) . "'";
	$existing_options = $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT option_name FROM $wpdb->options WHERE option_name in ( $keys )" ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

	$insert = '';

	foreach ( $options as $option => $value ) {
		if ( in_array( $option, $existing_options, true ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		if ( in_array( $option, $fat_options, true ) ) {
			$autoload = 'no';
		} else {
			$autoload = 'yes';
		}

		if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
			$value = serialize( $value );
		}

		if ( ! empty( $insert ) ) {
			$insert .= ', ';
		}

		$insert .= $wpdb->prepare( '(%s, %s, %s)', $option, $value, $autoload );
	}

	if ( ! empty( $insert ) ) {
		$wpdb->query( "INSERT INTO $wpdb->options (option_name, option_value, autoload) VALUES " . $insert ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared
	}

	// In case it is set, but blank, update "home".
	if ( ! __get_option( 'home' ) ) {
		update_option( 'home', $guessurl );
	}

	// Delete unused options.
	$unusedoptions = array(
		'blodotgsping_url',
		'bodyterminator',
		'emailtestonly',
		'phoneemail_separator',
		'smilies_directory',
		'subjectprefix',
		'use_bbcode',
		'use_blodotgsping',
		'use_phoneemail',
		'use_quicktags',
		'use_weblogsping',
		'weblogs_cache_file',
		'use_preview',
		'use_htmltrans',
		'smilies_directory',
		'fileupload_allowedusers',
		'use_phoneemail',
		'default_post_status',
		'default_post_category',
		'archive_mode',
		'time_difference',
		'links_minadminlevel',
		'links_use_adminlevels',
		'links_rating_type',
		'links_rating_char',
		'links_rating_ignore_zero',
		'links_rating_single_image',
		'links_rating_image0',
		'links_rating_image1',
		'links_rating_image2',
		'links_rating_image3',
		'links_rating_image4',
		'links_rating_image5',
		'links_rating_image6',
		'links_rating_image7',
		'links_rating_image8',
		'links_rating_image9',
		'links_recently_updated_time',
		'links_recently_updated_prepend',
		'links_recently_updated_append',
		'weblogs_cacheminutes',
		'comment_allowed_tags',
		'search_engine_friendly_urls',
		'default_geourl_lat',
		'default_geourl_lon',
		'use_default_geourl',
		'weblogs_xml_url',
		'new_users_can_blog',
		'_wpnonce',
		'_wp_http_referer',
		'Update',
		'action',
		'rich_editing',
		'autosave_interval',
		'deactivated_plugins',
		'can_compress_scripts',
		'page_uris',
		'update_core',
		'update_plugins',
		'update_themes',
		'doing_cron',
		'random_seed',
		'rss_excerpt_length',
		'secret',
		'use_linksupdate',
		'default_comment_status_page',
		'wporg_popular_tags',
		'what_to_show',
		'rss_language',
		'language',
		'enable_xmlrpc',
		'enable_app',
		'embed_autourls',
		'default_post_edit_rows',
		'gzipcompression',
		'advanced_edit',
	);
	foreach ( $unusedoptions as $option ) {
		delete_option( $option );
	}

	// Delete obsolete magpie stuff.
	$wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM $wpdb->options WHERE option_name REGEXP '^rss_[0-9a-f]{32}(_ts)?$'" );

	// Clear expired transients.
	delete_expired_transients( true );
}

Changelog

Version Description
5.1.0 The $options parameter has been added.
1.5.0 Introduced.

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