Call me when you need me, here’s how to get in touchThe oik-plugins code is intended to be as efficient as possible. We believe that it’s only necessary to instantiate the code when actually needed. Just because a shortcode is defined, there is no need to load all the gubbins that it uses until it’s actually invoked. This principle applies to a lot of the code in the oik suite of plugins.
- They don’t waste time doing things that other plugins and APIs can do for them; don’t include files if other plugins do it for you.
- They don’t do things until necessary; waiting for messages to say something’s happened before loading code