Question

I recently discovered a method of changing WordPress preferences if you do something silly that makes the wp-admin not load. I found that inserting things into the function.php file found in the theme and using the update_option command allowed me to change the settings i needed to get be working again.

This got me thinking, i have the need to install the same theme with the same settings. This is a pain as i have to define all the settings each time. Instead i am trying to make a functions.php file that will set all the settings to how i like them.

I am able to update settings that require you to type a string into a field

//this will change the siteurl setting to www.mysite.com
update_option ('siteurl','www.mysite.com');

My issue is that i need to be able to do the same thing for checkboxes, drop down menus and for radio buttons. After a long night or searching the internet for examples i had given up until i found this site.

Any help would be appreciated, i have minimal programming experience but i do understand the concepts

Answer 1

in theory update_option('checkboxname',true); or update_option('checkboxname','on');

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_option