Title: Create Categories Automatically
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Create Categories Automatically

 *  [RyanPrentiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanprentiss/)
 * (@ryanprentiss)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-categories-automatically/)
 * Is there a way to create categories automatically upon theme install??

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 *  [readydesigns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/readydesigns/)
 * (@readydesigns)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-categories-automatically/#post-1878284)
 * Yes, use wp_insert_term in your functions.php file as explained [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_term).

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