# Is autoloading still active? What are the limitations?

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/is-autoloading-still-active-what-are-the-limitations/8951
**Category:** bedrock
**Created:** 2017-03-01T21:29:45Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @apmarshall — 2017-03-01T21:29:45Z

Trying to use the bedrock autoloader. Followed the instructions from [here](https://discourse.roots.io/t/newbie-question-how-do-i-use-the-bedrock-autoloader-plugin/2265), which did succeed in adding plugins to mu-plugins directory. But `bedrock-autoloader.php` doesn’t seem to be running (or at least, I’m getting a lot of activation errors that I thought it was supposed to fix).

It could be that there are some limitations on the types of plugins that will work with the bedrock autoloader and I just don’t understand what those are. In which case, does anyone know?

It’s also possible that it’s simply not active anymore. Looking at the [commits from when the autoloader was added](https://github.com/roots/bedrock/pull/66/files), it seems to be dependent on the “autoload” and “scripts” sections of `composer.json`, which have since been removed. Does this mean the autoloader is also effectively defunct or is there an updated way of using it that I haven’t found yet?

And of course, it’s also possible that it’s neither of these and I just have no idea what I’m doing.

Cheers!