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wp-login.php

Purpose Handles authentication-related flows: login, logout, registration, password reset, and admin email confirmation. Flow Loads WordPress via wp-load.php and enforces SSL if required. Determines the $action (login, logout, lostpassword, resetpass,...

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wp-comments-post.php

Purpose Processes comment submissions and prevents duplicate/invalid posts. Flow Requires a POST request; otherwise returns 405. Loads WordPress and disables cache headers. Calls wp_handle_comment_submission() to validate and insert. Fires cookie-setting...

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wp-config-sample.php

Purpose Template configuration file used during installation. Provides placeholder constants and structure for creating a real wp-config.php. Flow Defines placeholder DB constants and authentication salts. Sets $table_prefix and WP_DEBUG defaults....

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wp-config.php

Purpose Site-specific configuration for WordPress. Defines database credentials, salts, table prefix, debug/config constants, and then loads wp-settings.php. Flow Defines core constants (e.g., cache, DB settings, debug flags, filesystem, cron, caching)....

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wp-cron.php

Purpose Runs scheduled tasks (WP-Cron) when triggered via web requests or server cron. Flow Sets no-cache headers and finishes the client response early when possible. Ensures it is not running...

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Robots Hooks

Filters wp_robots Filters the directives to be included in the robots meta tag. apply_filters( 'wp_robots', array $robots ): array Since: 5.7.0 Parameters: $robots — Associative array where keys are directive...

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Robots API

Controls robots.txt generation and meta robots directives for search engine crawlers. Since: 2.1.0 (robots.txt), 5.7.0 (meta robots) Source: wp-includes/robots-template.php, wp-includes/functions.php, wp-includes/query.php Components Component Description functions.md Core robots functions hooks.md Actions...

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index.php

Purpose Entry point for front-end requests. It only defines WP_USE_THEMES and hands off execution to wp-blog-header.php. Flow Defines WP_USE_THEMES as true to signal that the theme should render. Requires wp-blog-header.php...

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Root Files

Entry point files in the WordPress root directory. Source: WordPress installation root Bootstrap File Description index.php.md Front controller entry point wp-load.php.md Environment loader wp-blog-header.php.md Template loader wp-settings.php.md Core initialization wp-config.php.md...

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wp-activate.php

Purpose Multisite activation endpoint. Validates signup activation keys and completes user/site activation. Flow Defines WP_INSTALLING and loads WordPress + front-end header. Requires multisite; otherwise redirects to registration. Reads activation key...

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