WordPress AutoLoader

Enjoy for as low as $69.99 / month!

A five minute command-line process

that cuts core load times and memory consumption by 25%

on the backend.

WordPress powers all sorts of cloud applications today. With our WP Autoloader, you can speed up your WordPress platform greatly in just five minutes.

How it works…

WordPress is largely built upon procedural functions. PHP natively supports autoloading for classes but not procedural functions. This means that WordPress requires loading a large number of PHP functions for each page request which costs unnecessary time wastage.

WP AutoLoader uses sophisticated code parsing techniques to extract all PHP functions into their own individual files, leaving behind empty shells in the original function definition files. This greatly lightens the processing load, leading to time and memory savings!

Moreover, our setup and reset scripts are intuitive and provide helpful feedback along the entire process.

WP AutoLoader also bootstraps core WordPress functions that it has determined to be most commonly used, in addition to parsing and enabling auto loading for core PHP classes. Combined, this product attempts to optimize the WordPress core, greatly.

Why use WP AutoLoader?

Besides the obvious benefit of having a faster running web application, there are several pressing reasons your enterprise WP software needs this addition:

AutoLoader in action:

We tested WordPress in similar environments and found the below trend lines for when WordPress AutoLoader is enabled (On), and when WP AutoLoader is disabled (Off).

AutoLoader On vs. AutoLoader Off load times (in seconds).

As you can see, AutoLoader clearly takes away the spikes from server-side processing times; in addition to delivering slightly better load times in general.

What is autoloading?

Frequently Asked Questions

WP AutoLoader only touches one part of your WordPress setup:

 - wp-includes/ directory

WP AotoLoader does not touch your database.

Once WP AutoLoader is enabled, a new directory is setup in your WordPress application root:

  • wp-src/

The wp-src/ directory has the following four sub folders:

  1. wp-src/backups
    this carries the original wp-includes/ files.
  2. wp-src/classes
    carries the compiled PHP classes found in WP.
  3. wp-src/files
    carries the compiled PHP functions found in WP.
  4. wpsrc/procedural
    carries logs and process documents. We may ask for some of these if you reach out to us for support.

Both of the following two items will need to be pushed to live environment to enable WP AutoLoader in that environment:

1) wp-includes/

2) wp-src/

You don’t need to run php autoloader enable & php autoloader disable commands in production environment.

Yes, anytime you wish.

Please see our documentation for help with WP versions.

No. One license is enough for your organization if you own multiple WordPress applications.

Digital Studios typically have an unusual number of WordPress projects, which may require more support so we offer them a distinct license.

If you encounter problems while running WP AutoLoader, reach out to us with your version of WordPress and basic server info.

We will test and work with you to ensure it works.

If some functionality of WordPress breaks due to WP AutoLoader we will fix it within 48 hours of it being reported.

If we are unable to assist you with your issue(s); and it becomes clear the problem is with WP AutoLoader; we will return the current period’s subscription payment.

Currently we do not support WP Multisite. With time we may roll out support for Multisite option.

Please see our documentation for further info.

What gets optimized:

WP AutoLoader optimizes the WordPress Core (referenced in the adjacent diagram). The WordPress core could not be optimized before.

There are plugins and server tools available to optimize the other layers like the server layer and front-end media files, but the WP core could not be modified until now.

WP AutoLoader enables lazy loading on un-needed PHP code, saving significant processing time. That’s the magic of WP AutoLoader.

You probably have a sophisticated collection of caching and load-balancing server tools like the AWS Elastic Beanstalk; however, your WP site would still greatly benefit from WP AutoLoader; leading to further load-time savings and decreased server costs!

The truth is you need all the optimizations you can get when it comes to running a smooth WordPress application.
Cylinder shows approximate time usage by each layer for a typical WordPress page load.