Stop WP from creating “Sample Page” and “Hello World!” post

Question

Is it possible to stop WP from creating the "Sample Page" and "Hello World!" post when creating a new blog?

Answer 1

Create a file install.php in your wp-content directory. In that file you declare the wp_install_defaults() function. If you just leave that function empty no default categories, links, posts or pages will be created.

The default (pluggable) wp_install_defaults() function can be found in wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php.

Also see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/550086/how-to-delete-the-default-hello-world-post-before-wordpress-install