Programmatically Generate WordPress Pages

generate-wp-pages.php

<?php
/**
  * Generate WordPress Pages
  * @example: taw_generate_pages('page one', 'Page Two', 'page-three');
  */
function taw_generate_pages($names) {
    if (!$names) { return false; }
    $list = func_get_args();

    foreach ($list as $item) {
        $slug = str_replace(' ', '-', strtolower($item));
        $title = ucwords(str_replace('-', ' ', $item));
        $exists = taw_slug_exists($slug);
        $new_post = array(
            'post_type'     => 'page',
            'post_title'    => $title,
            'post_content'  => '',
            'post_status'   => 'publish',
            'post_author'   => 1,
            'post_slug'     => $slug
        );

        // insert the post into the database if it doesnt already exist
        if (!$exists && is_admin()) { 
            wp_insert_post( $new_post );
        }
    }
    return false;
}

/** check if slug exists */
function taw_slug_exists($post_slug) {
    global $wpdb;
    if($wpdb->get_row("SELECT post_name FROM wp_posts WHERE post_name = '" . $post_slug . "'", 'ARRAY_A')) {
        return true;
    } else {
    return false;
    }
}
?>