首先看下这个文件的注释
/**
* Bootstrap file for setting the ABSPATH constant
* and loading the wp-config.php file. The wp-config.php
* file will then load the wp-settings.php file, which
* will then set up the WordPress environment.
*
* If the wp-config.php file is not found then an error
* will be displayed asking the visitor to set up the
* wp-config.php file.
*
* Will also search for wp-config.php in WordPress' parent
* directory to allow the WordPress directory to remain
* untouched.
*
* @package WordPress
*/
首先 wp-load.php 是 WordPress 的引导文件,它会首先创建 ABSPATH 这个 WordPress 最重要的常量,然后加载 wp-config.php 文件,wp-config.php 文件在加载 wp-settings.php 文件,最终创建 WordPress 环境。
wp-load.php 还会在 WordPress 上级目录去查找 wp-config.php 文件,这样可以保证 WordPress 目录不被改动。
如果 wp-config.php 文件不存在,wp-load.php 就会让访问者去设置和创建 wp-config.php 文件,就是 WordPress 的安装过程。