blacklist_keys
When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as spam. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so “press” will match “WordPress.”
  • Default: NULL
  • Data type: String (possibly multi-line)
comment_max_links
Hold a comment in the queue if it contains the value of this option or moe.
  • Default: 2
  • Data type: Integer
comment_moderation
Before a comment appears, an administrator must always approve the commen.
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : False (default)
  • Data type: Integer
comments_notify
E-mail me when anyone posts a comment.
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
default_comment_status
Allow comments (can be overridden with individual posts)
  • open : Allow comments (default)
  • closed : Disallow comments
  • Data type: String
default_ping_status
Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks).
  • open : Allow pingbacks and trackbacks from other blogs (default)
  • closed : Disallow pingbacks and trackbacks from other blogs
  • Data type: String
default_pingback_flag
Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article (slows down postin).
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
moderation_keys
When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the moderation queue. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so “press” will match “WordPress.”
  • Default: NULL
  • Data type: String (possibly multi-line)
moderation_notify
E-mail me when a comment is held for moderation.
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
require_name_email
Before a comment appears, the comment author must fill out his/her name and email.
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
thread_comments
Enable WP-native threaded (nested) comments.
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
thread_comments_depth
Set the number of threading levels for comments.
  • 1 thru 10 : levels
  • Default: 5
  • Data type: Integer
show_avatars
Avatar Display
  • 1 : Yes – (default) Show Avatars
  • 0 : No – Don’t show Avatars
  • Data type: Integer
avatar_rating
Maximum Rating
  • G : (default) Suitable for all audiences
  • PG : Possibly offensive, usually for audiences 13 and above
  • R : Intended for adult audiences above 17
  • X : Even more mature than above
  • Data type: String
  • avatar_default
  • Default Avatar
  • mystery : (default) Mystery Man
  • blank : Blank
gravatar_default : Gravatar Logo
identicon : Identicon (Generated)
  • wavatar : Wavatar (Generated)
  • monsterid : MonsterID (Generated)
  • Data type: String
close_comments_for_old_posts
Automatically close comments on old articles
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
close_comments_days_old
Automatically close comments on articles older than x days
  • Default: 14
  • Data type: Integer
page_comments
Break comments into pages
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
comments_per_page
  • Default: 50
  • Data type: Integer
  • default_comments_page
  • Default: ‘newest’
  • Data type: String
comment_order
  • asc : (default)
  • desc :
  • Data type: String
comment_whitelist
Comment author must have a previously approved comment
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type:

General

admin_email
  • Administrator email
  • Default: ‘you@example.com’
  • Data type: String
blogdescription
Blog tagline
  • Default: ‘__(‘Just another WordPress weblog’)’
  • Data type: String
blogname
Blog title
  • Default: ‘__(‘My Blog’)’
  • Data type: String
comment_registration
Users must be registered and logged in to comment
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
date_format
Default date format (see Formatting Date and Time)
  • Default: ‘__(‘F j, Y’)’
  • Data type: String
default_role
The default role of users who register at the blog.
  • subscriber : (default)
  • administrator :
  • editor :
  • author :
  • contributor :
  • Data type: String
gmt_offset
Times in the blog should differ by this value.
  • -6 : GMT -6 (aka Central Time, USA)
  • 0 : GMT (aka Greenwich Mean Time)
  • Default: date(‘Z’) / 3600
  • Data type: Integer
home
Blog address (URL)
  • Default: wp_guess_url()
  • Data type: String (URI)
siteurl
WordPress address (URL)
  • Default: wp_guess_url()
  • Data type: String (URI)
start_of_week
The starting day of the week. Default is 0 (Sunday).
  • 0 : Sunday
  • 1 : Monday (default)
  • 2 : Tuesday
  • 3 : Wednesday
  • 4 : Thursday
  • 5 : Friday
  • 6 : Saturday
  • Data type: Integer
time_format
Default time format (see Formatting Date and Time)
  • Default: ‘__(‘g:i a’)’
  • Data type: String
users_can_register
Anyone can register
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
timezone_string
Timezone
  • Default: NULL
  • Data type: String

Links

links_updated_date_format
  • Default: ‘__(‘F j, Y g:i a’)’
  • Data type: String
links_recently_updated_prepend
  • Default: ”
  • Data type: String
links_recently_updated_append
  • Default: ”
  • Data type: String
links_recently_updated_time
  • Default: 120
  • Data type: Integer

Media

thumbnail_size_w
  • Default: 150
  • Data type: Integer
thumbnail_size_h
  • Default: 150
  • Data type: Integer
thumbnail_crop
Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional)
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
medium_size_w
  • Default: 300
  • Data type: Integer
medium_size_h
  • Default: 300
  • Data type: Integer
large_size_w
  • Default: 1024
  • Data type: Integer
large_size_h
  • Default: 1024
  • Data type: Integer

embed_autourls

Attempt to automatically embed all plain text URLs

  • Default: 1
  • Data type: Integer
embed_size_w
  • Default: NULL
  • Data type: Integer
embed_size_h
  • Default: 600
  • Data type: Integer
Miscellaneous
hack_file
Use legacy my-hacks.php file support
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
html_type
Default MIME type for blog pages (text/html, text/xml+html, etc.)
  • Default: ‘text/html’
  • Data type: String (MIME type)
secret
Secret value created during installation used with salting, etc.
  • Default: wp_generate_password(64)
  • Data type: String (MD5)
upload_path
Store uploads in this folder (relative to the WordPress root)
  • Default: NULL
  • Data type: String (relative path)
upload_url_path
URL path to upload folder (will be blank by default – Editable in Settings ->
Miscellaneous)
  • Data type: String (url path)
uploads_use_yearmonth_folders
Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No (default for safe mode)
  • Data type: Integer
use_linksupdate
Track links’ update times
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
Permalinks
permalink_structure
The desired structure of your blog’s permalinks. Some examples:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ : Date and name based
/archives/%post_id%/ : Numeric
/%postname%/ : Post name-based
    You can see more examples by viewing Using Permalinks.
    • Default: NULL
    • Data type: String
    category_base
    The default category base of your blog categories permalink.
    • Default: NULL
    • Data type: String
    tag_base
    The default tag base for your blog tags permalink.
    • Default: NULL
    • Data type: String
    Privacy
    blog_public
    • 1 : I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers. (default)
    • 0 : I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors.
    • Data type: Integer
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Reading

blog_charset
Encoding for pages and feeds. The character encoding you write your blog in (UTF-8 is recommended).
  • Default: ‘UTF-8’
  • Data type: String
gzipcompression
WordPress should compress articles (with gzip) if browsers ask for them.
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
page_on_front
The ID of the page that should be displayed on the front page. Requires show_on_front’s value to be page.
  • Data type: Integer
page_for_posts
The ID of the page that displays posts. Useful when show_on_front’s value is page.
  • Data type: Integer
posts_per_page
Show at most x many posts on blog pages.
  • Default: 10
  • Data type: Integer
posts_per_rss
Show at most x many posts in RSS feeds.
  • Default: 10
  • Data type: Integer
rss_language
Language for RSS feeds (metadata purposes only)
  • Default: ‘en’
  • Data type: String (ISO two-letter language code)
rss_use_excerpt
Show an excerpt instead of the full text of a post in RSS feeds
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
show_on_front
What to show on the front page
posts : Your latest posts (default)
page : A static page (see page_on_front)
  • Data type: String
Themes
template
The slug of the currently activated theme (how it is accessed by path, ex. /wp-content/themes/some-theme: some-theme would be the value)
  • Default: ‘default’
  • Data type: String
stylesheet
The slug of the currently activated stylesheet (style.css) (how it is accessed by path, ex. /wp-content/themes/some-theme: some-theme would be the value)
  • Default: ‘default’
  • Data type: String
Writing
default_category
ID of the category that posts will be put in by default
  • Default: 1
  • Data type: Integer
default_email_category
ID of the category that posts will be put in by default when written via e-mail
  • Default: 1
  • Data type: Integer
default_link_category
ID of the category that links will be put in by default
  • Default: 2
  • Data type: Integer
default_post_edit_rows
Size of the post box (in lines)
  • Default: 10
  • Data type: Integer
mailserver_login
Mail server username for posting to WordPress by e-mail
  • Default: ‘login@example.com’
  • Data type: String
mailserver_pass
Mail server password for posting to WordPress by e-mail
  • Default: ‘password’
  • Data type: String
mailserver_port
Mail server port for posting to WordPress by e-mail
  • Default: 110
  • Data type: Integer
mailserver_url
Mail server for posting to WordPress by e-mail
  • Default: ‘mail.example.com’
  • Data type: String
ping_sites
When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see Update Services. Separate multiple service URLs with line breaks. Requires blog_public to have a value of 1.
  • Default: ‘http://rpc.pingomatic.com/’
  • Data type: String (possibly multi-line)
use_balanceTags
Correct invalidly-nested XHTML automatically
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
use_smilies
Convert emoticons like 🙂 and 😛 to graphics when displayed
  • 1 : Yes (default)
  • 0 : No
  • Data type: Integer
use_trackback
Enable sending and receiving of trackbacks
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
enable_app
Enable the Atom Publishing Protocol
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer
enable_xmlrpc
Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protoco
  • 1 : Yes
  • 0 : No (default)
  • Data type: Integer