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Code Snippet To Add and Use Own PHP File in WordPress In Plugins or Themes

First published 6 May 2015

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If you want to use own php file in WordPress, you need to make the file friendly to WordPress so that I can read rest of the core WordPress funtctions. Add this snippet on the top of the php page you create.
PHP code: define('WP_USE_THEMES', false); followed by require('../wp-blog-header.php');