id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
21612,wp-settings loads plugins before pluggable.php is included,kingjeffrey,,"When manually initializing WordPress (like in a page that handles AJAX requests) to access all WordPress functions, it is typical to begin the file with:

{{{
	define('WP_USE_THEMES', FALSE);
	require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/wp-blog-header.php');
}}}

However, if a plugin calls the `get_userdata()` function, the page will deliver this fatal error:

{{{
	Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_userdata() in [...]/wp-includes/user.php on line 1402
}}}

The ""Maintenance"" plugin is an example of one that causes this issue.

When the plugin is loaded in `wp-settings.php` line 198, it calls the `get_userdata()` function. But the `get_userdata()` function is not defined until `wp-includes/pluggable.php` is included on line 202 of `wp-settings`.

So this issue is not limited to calling `get_userdata()`, but any function defined in `wp-includes/pluggable.php`.

A simple fix to this, assuming `wp-includes/pluggable.php` does not depend on the plugins being loaded (which it very may well), is to swap the order of loading in `wp-settings.php`
",defect (bug),closed,normal,,General,3.4.1,normal,invalid,,