-$wp_taxonomies = array();
-$wp_taxonomies['category'] = (object) array('name' => 'category', 'object_type' => 'post', 'hierarchical' => true, 'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count');
-$wp_taxonomies['post_tag'] = (object) array('name' => 'post_tag', 'object_type' => 'post', 'hierarchical' => false, 'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count');
-$wp_taxonomies['link_category'] = (object) array('name' => 'link_category', 'object_type' => 'link', 'hierarchical' => false);
+function create_initial_taxonomies() {
+ register_taxonomy( 'category', 'post', array('hierarchical' => true, 'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count', 'label' => __('Categories'), 'query_var' => false, 'rewrite' => false) ) ;
+ register_taxonomy( 'post_tag', 'post', array('hierarchical' => false, 'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count', 'label' => __('Post Tags'), 'query_var' => false, 'rewrite' => false) ) ;
+ register_taxonomy( 'link_category', 'link', array('hierarchical' => false, 'label' => __('Categories'), 'query_var' => false, 'rewrite' => false) ) ;
+}
+add_action( 'init', 'create_initial_taxonomies', 0 ); // highest priority