Title: WP functions in "side" plugin files
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WP functions in "side" plugin files

 *  [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * (@flyerua)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-functions-in-side-plugin-files/)
 * Hey there. I need to use 2 WP functions outside of plugin’s main file, let’s 
   call this file functions.php . I need `is_user_logged_in()` and to get current
   user id which one get from global variable $current_user.
    What should I include
   or what else I should do to use these in files other than main plugin file? Thanks
   in advance

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 *  [Jay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phyrax/)
 * (@phyrax)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-functions-in-side-plugin-files/#post-2619353)
 * Flyer, the only way to do that is include wp-load.php… however, I think it’s 
   best to make your new file and include it in the main, that way you can use WordPress’
   functions without loading resources twice.
 * Example:
 *     ```
       <?php
            /* FILE: mainPluginFile.php */
            include('userFile.php');
   
            /* The rest of your code here */
       ?>
       ```
   
 *     ```
       <?php
           /* FILE: userFile.php */
           function userData(){
                /* Do your code here */
           }
   
           add_action('init', 'userData');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * You might want to also look into the [get_currentuserinfo](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_currentuserinfo)
   function which you can wrap inside the is_user_logged_in method.

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