[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11059: Discourage plugin authors calling wp-config.php directly

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#11059: Discourage plugin authors calling wp-config.php directly
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 Reporter:  strider72    |        Owner:          
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:          
Component:  General      |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment(by Viper007Bond):

 Replying to [comment:9 josephscott]:
 > Plugins and themes should never, ever, ever, ever load wp-config.php,
 wp-load.php, wp-blog-header.php, etc. directly.

 Erm, why not? I mean stuff like dynamic `.css` files and stuff can instead
 be done by `http://site.com/?outputmycss`, but there's gotta be some type
 of situation out there where a plugin needs to load WordPress from a stand
 alone file and so `wp-load.php` has to be used.

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