Title: get_theme_starter_content
Published: December 7, 2016
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘get_theme_starter_content’, array $content, array $config )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the expanded array of starter content.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$content`array

Array of starter content.

`$config`array

Array of theme-specific starter content configuration.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'get_theme_starter_content', $content, $config );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/theme.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/theme.php#L2610)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/theme.php#L2610-L2610)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [get_theme_starter_content()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_theme_starter_content/)`wp-includes/theme.php` |

Expands a theme’s starter content configuration using core-provided data.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_theme_starter_content/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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