Programatically add a page in Wordpress

Question

I am trying to add a page to WordPress programatically. I am using this code:

 function add_media_page(){
if(!(is_page('My New Post'))){

// Create post object
  $my_post = array(
     'post_title' => 'My new Post',
     'post_content' => 'This is my post.',
     'post_status' => 'publish',
     'post_author' => 1,
     'post_type' => ['page']
  );

// Insert the post into the database
  wp_insert_post( $my_post );
}
}
add_action( 'init', 'add_media_page' ); 

However when i use the last line in the array 'post_type' => ['page'] it causes the admin to crash and show a blank page. Does anyone know what's happening here

Answer 1

'post_type' => ['page'] must be 'post_type' => 'page'. Just look at the example here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post#Example

Answer 2

Try this within your code in functions.php

global $user_ID;
$new_post = array(
'post_title' => 'My New Post',
'post_content' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'post_author' => $user_ID,
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_category' => array(0)
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post($new_post);

Answer 3

'post_type' => ['page'] is wrong; it should be 'post_type' => 'page'