This is the order of loading of files when Wordpress loads up. I’m assuming a default installation and this is according to 1.3alpha4 as pulled from CVS.

Start up sequence (no templates):-


/index.php
    |-- wp-blog-header.php
        |-- wp-config.php
            | set MySQL settings and language
            |-- wp-settings.php
                | set various variables...
                |-- wp-includes/wp-db.php
                    | create the wpdb class
                | set table names
                |-- wp-includes/functions.php
                    |-- wp-includes/functions-compat.php
                    |?-- wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php
                    |-- wp-include/class-IXR.php
                |-- wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
                |-- wp-includes/functions-post.php
                |-- wp-includes/classes.php
                |-- wp-includes/template-functions.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-general.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-links.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-author.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-post.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-category.php
                    |-- wp-includes/template-functions-comment.php
                        |-- wp-comments.php
                |-- wp-includes/links.php
                |-- wp-includes/kses.php
                |-- wp-includes/wp-l10n.php
                | check if installed
                |-- wp-includes/vars.php
                    |-- wp-includes/version.php
                |-- my-hacks.php
                |-- wp-content/plugins/*  // all active plugins
                | register a shutdown hook
        |-- wp-includes/wp-l10n.php       // none of this is working yet.
            |-- /wp-config.php (require_once)
            | and set locale from above, default US
            |-- wp-includes/stream.php
            |-- wp-includes/gettext.php
            | define gettext like functions
            |-- locale.php
        | handles path-info and URL handling, 404 redirect
        | set vars, send HTTP headers, get settings from DB
        | construct query, get result
        | do a template redirect based on query.
        |
        |-- wp-header.php
            |?-- header.php if exists
            |:-- else echo HTML headers section down to div id=content
        |
        | output the posts and lots of other sorts of stuff
        |
        |-- wp-footer.php
            |?-- footer.php if exists
            |:-- else
            |-- wp-sidebar.php
                |?-- sidebar.php if exists
                |: -- else show sidebar
            | echo end of body and HTML

The order when using templates is very similar to the above (unless you do something in the template that specifically modifies the order).

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