How to add posts using own plugin in wordpress

Question

Creating a wordpress plugin and need this plugin to automatically add posts to wordpress when it installs. What is the better solution to do that?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '17 at 12:56

0

You should use the register_activation_hook to carry out any custom functions (like adding posts) after the plugin is initialised.

 function myplugin_activate() {

     // Add your posts here...
 }
 register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'myplugin_activate' );

That way, once the plugin is installed, and activated, myplugin_activate() will fire, and carry out any logic you put there.

answered Nov 20 '17 at 12:56

prettyfly

Thanks! Exactly what I've been looking for. And is this [link](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/imelgrat/bbc26d3d0724d29a8e0f7da5832e7767/raw/416c7dec3d41a846d64739e98f270ce40cf26d4e/bulk-post-create.php) a suitable way for adding posts? – Yaroslav Karaninkiy Nov 20 '17 at 13:40
Yeah, that should be fine for pulling data from another source and inserting them as posts in Wordpress. – prettyfly Nov 20 '17 at 13:49

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