Wordpress plugin - how to use functions as get_posts?

Question

Hey.

I am trying to make a plugin for wordpress that is supposed to use the function get_posts (declared in one of wordpress' include files, but depending on a lot of other files depending on more files.), and I just can't seem to find out how to do it!

Please help. Thank you :)

Answer 1

You're most likely trying to call get_posts() before WordPress is actually ready (WP loads plugins before it loads other libraries).

Wrap your code in a function, and hook it to the init event;

function my_plugin_code()
{
    // run get_posts() and what you like here
}
add_action('init', 'my_plugin_code');

Answer 2

Fixed it by including the wp-load.php-file.

Can be done in another way,

require_once('../../../wp-config.php');
require_once('../../../wp-includes/classes.php' );
require_once('../../../wp-includes/functions.php' );
require_once('../../../wp-includes/plugin.php' );

That's all the files you'll need.