Title: ClassDiscovery::prependStrategy
Published: May 20, 2026

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# ClassDiscovery::prependStrategy( string $strategy )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#related)

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Prepend a strategy at the beginning of the strategy queue.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$strategy`stringrequired

Fully qualified class name to a DiscoveryStrategy

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function prependStrategy($strategy)
    {
        array_unshift(self::$strategies, $strategy);
        self::clearCache();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/http/discovery/classdiscovery.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/ClassDiscovery.php#L140)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/ClassDiscovery.php#L140-L144)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/prependstrategy/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [ClassDiscovery::clearCache()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclientdependencies-http-discovery-classdiscovery/clearcache/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/third-party/Http/Discovery/ClassDiscovery.php` |  |

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