Set your default parameters on fresh installs

Easy Default Parameters

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Easy Default Parameters
Plugin URI: http://remicorson.com
Description: Set your own default parameters on a fresh WordPress install
Version: 0.1
Author: Rémi Corson
Author URI: http://remicorson.com
Contributors: Rémi Corson, corsonr
*/
 
function edp_set_my_default_settings()
{
    $args = array(
	'blogname'            			=> 'xxxxx', // Place the name of your new website here
	'blogdescription'    			=> 'xxxxx', // Place the description of your new website here
	'date_format'         			=> 'j F Y', // Choose the default date format
	'tag_base'         				=> '/keywords', // Choose the tag base slug
	'category_base'         		=> '/category', // Choose the category base slug
	'comment_moderation'         	=> 1, // Set comment moderation
	'time_format'            		=> 'G \h i \m\i\n', // Choose default time format
	'links_updated_date_format'     => 'j F Y, G \h i \m\i\n', // Choose default date format for links
	'permalink_structure'      		=> '/%postname%/', // Choose your default permalinks structure
	'rss_language'              	=> 'en', // Set you default RSS language
	'timezone_string'           	=> 'Europe/Paris', // Set your your default timezone settings, choose Europe/Paris if you like good food! ;-)
	'use_smilies'               	=> 0, // Choose to use automatic smileys or not
	'ping_sites'               		=> 'http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/', // List of auto-pings
    );
 
    // Loop through args
    foreach ( $args as $k => $v )
    {
        update_option($k, $v);
    }
 
    // Delete "hello world" post
    wp_delete_post(1, TRUE);
    
    // Delete "Mister WordPress" comment
    wp_delete_comment(1);
    
    // Delete default links
	for ($i = 1; $i <= 7; $i++) {
		wp_delete_link($i);
	}
 
    return;
}

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'edp_set_my_default_settings');
?>