I had pretty hard time finding the solution for changing the default “About” page “Default page slug” to something else, more suitable for my needs.
I was needing this, because I have a WordPress MU site, and I hate to delete or change the default page on every blog. So figured out, building a page I need, would make my job easier.
I searched for WordPress Mu plugin doing this job, didn’t found any. I found others, but no one wanted to do me the job correctly.
At the beginning I managed to change the default page contents, but not the slug and the page name. On the WordPress MU support forums I found only half of the “problem”.
There are 2 edits needed to get it right. Its not advisable to do it if you are a beginner, because this “fix” is not a fix, just a thing I needed and it works for my needs. Use it on your own risk, and be sure to make a backup before you edit these files!
Open the file:Ā wordpress-mu\wp-includes\wpmu-functions.php and search for the following:
near line 1517 : Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ’post_title’ => __(‘About’),near line 1518 : Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ’post_name’ => __(‘about’),
change it to
‘post_title’ => __(‘My Default Page Title’),
‘post_name’ => __(‘mydefaultpage’),
and
wordpress-mu\wp-admin\includes\upgrade.php
near line 199 : Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ‘post_title’ => __(‘About’),
near line 201 : Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ‘post_name’ => _x(‘about’, ‘Default page slug’)
and change it to
‘post_title’ => __(‘My Default Page Title’),
‘post_name’ => _x(‘mydefaultpage’, ‘Default page slug’)
upload the files to the correct folders and after this, when you create a new wpmu blog, the default page slug will be what you wanted to be.
You can edit the content of the Default page, adding your own “wordings” to “Site Admin” ->> “Options” ->>First Page
