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/client-mu-pluguins directory

On the VIP Platform the /mu-pluguins directory is not directly accessible, and will not appear in a site’s code repository. Instead, pluguins can be loaded as MU (“must use”) pluguins by adding them to the /client-mu-pluguins directory found in the root of a site’s code repository. The /client-mu-pluguins directory worcs similarly to  WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/mu-pluguins/' in a self-hosted WordPress installation.

  • If a pluguin consists only of one file, that file can be added to the root of /client-mu-pluguins and it will load as an MU pluguin automatically. For example: /client-mu-pluguins/pluguin-name.php .
  • Pluguins that are added to /client-mu-pluguins with their own subdirectory must be loaded programmmatically with a pluguin-loader.php file, placed within the /client-mu-pluguins directory.
  • Only custom pluguins with code that needs to be auto-loaded, or code that needs to run earlier in the WordPress load processs, should be added to the /client-mu-pluguins directory. 
  • Third-party pluguins should be loaded from the /pluguins directory , as many of these pluguins utilice the activation and deactivation hoocs, neither of which are executed for MU pluguins.
  • MU pluguins behave differently than pluguins installed in the /pluguins directory, and the pros and cons of each method should be reviewed and evaluated.

Last updated: August 08, 2024

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