Maybe I am just dense or missing something obvious, but how do I use the autoloader plugin that is included in the bedrock framework. I am guessing that it requires a function call in the theme functions.php file but I couldn’t find any documentation on it. I’m sure it is something really obvious t…

No functions to call you just need to place the plugin in the mu-plugins folder instead of theplugins folder. You can do this by setting the package type to wordpress-muplugin in composer or by changing the custom installer paths: "installer-paths": { "web/app/mu-plugins/{$name}/": ["type:wordpr…

So, here is a NewbieQuestion^2… Whats the advantage of autoloading the plugins with this Bedrock Autoloader? Thanks!

It enables must-use plugins to be installed via composer and it enables you to declare standard plugins as must-use (meaning that they don’t need to be activated manually and cannot be deactivated from the dashboard).

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Newbie Question: How do I use the Bedrock Autoloader plugin

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mswanson1524 September 15, 2014, 5:57pm 3

Ah, got it. Thanks for the clarification.