Must-Use Plugins
I have some eight so-called must-use plugins in my WordPress install’s mu-plugins
folder.
Must-use plugins are (most often) simple PHP files that WordPress includes always, and work a lot like plugins except that you don’t need to (de)activate them, and you don’t need a plugin header and so on.
I use them as an alternative to functions.php
(which is where most online guides still tell people to add custom bits of PHP).
The latest addition? A tiny file called reader.php
. In it? The following—nothing more, nothing less:
<?php
add_filter( 'feed_reader_post_status', function() {
return 'publish';
} );
This lets me publish likes, bookmarks, and replies from my feed reader.
No need to mess with my theme—tweaks like this one aren’t exactly “theme territory,” either—and next time I need to update something, I’ll know exactly where to look!