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littlebizzy/autoloader
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Enables standard WordPress plugins contained in a directory to be placed in the mu-plugins directory and loaded prior to others (forked from Bedrock).

v1.2.1(6y ago)1662[2 issues](https://github.com/littlebizzy/autoloader/issues)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Nov 28Pushed 1y ago3 watchersCompare

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Autoloader
==========

[](#autoloader)

Loads folder WordPress MU plugins

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 2.0.0

[](#200)

- code totally refactored for better efficiency
- no more namespaces, only class `Autoloader`
- `littlebizzy_autoloader` option now called `autoloader_cache`
- supports PHP 7.0 to PHP 8.3
- supports Multisite

### 1.2.1

[](#121)

- HOTFIX: `PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Return value of LittleBizzy\Autoloader\Autoloader::countPlugins() must be of the type string, integer returned in /var/www/html/wp-content/mu-plugins/autoloader.php:198`

### 1.2.0

[](#120)

- added PHP `strict_types`
- dropped support for PHP 5.x and earlier versions
- various code optimization

### 1.1.0

[](#110)

- tested with PHP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
- revised code with new PHP namespaces
- changed `wp_options` name to `littlebizzy_autoloader`
- optimized plugin code (e.g. prevent direct calls, minify `wp_options` data, etc)
- improved "duplicate queries" issue: *Effectively when the local plugin option cache is empty (or it is added or removed a mu-plugin directory), there is a double call to the updateCache method that duplicates the query (originated from the pluginsCount method)... There is only one scenario when this double call is made on purpose: the must-use plugins screen, where calls the updatecache method to retrieve all plugins info to show the autoloaded plugins list.*

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- forked from Roots Bedrock (no functional differences)
- tweaked plugin meta

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

6

Last Release

2348d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10787477?v=4)[LittleBizzy](/maintainers/littlebizzy)[@littlebizzy](https://github.com/littlebizzy)

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Top Contributors

[![jessuppi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17551083?v=4)](https://github.com/jessuppi "jessuppi (40 commits)")[![danlapteacru](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6186169?v=4)](https://github.com/danlapteacru "danlapteacru (3 commits)")

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Tags

wordpresswordpress-mu-pluginpluginwordpressautoloaderrootsbedrockmu-pluginsmupluginsmust use plugins

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