Ticket #51507: 51507-1.patch

src/wp-includes/default-constants.php

@@ -115 +115 @@
                 define( 'MEDIA_TRASH', false );
         }
 
+        if ( ! defined( 'SHORTINIT_WITHOUT_DB' ) ) {
+                define( 'SHORTINIT_WITHOUT_DB', false );
+        }
+
         if ( ! defined( 'SHORTINIT' ) ) {
                 define( 'SHORTINIT', false );
         }

src/wp-settings.php

@@ -115 +115 @@
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-error.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pomo/mo.php';
 
+// Stop most of WordPress from being loaded if we just want the basics (without DB)
+if ( SHORTINIT_WITHOUT_DB ) {
+        return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  * @since 0.71