diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index f4e60d00d8..03e4cb0ac0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ class WP_Embed {
 		return apply_filters( 'embed_maybe_make_link', $output, $url );
 	}
 }
-$wp_embed = new WP_Embed();
+$GLOBALS['wp_embed'] = new WP_Embed();
 
 /**
  * Register an embed handler. This function should probably only be used for sites that do not support oEmbed.
diff --git a/wp-includes/widgets.php b/wp-includes/widgets.php
index b90ffd6753..084ccd9702 100644
--- a/wp-includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/widgets.php
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ $_wp_sidebars_widgets = array();
 /**
  * Private
  */
- $_wp_deprecated_widgets_callbacks = array(
+ $GLOBALS['_wp_deprecated_widgets_callbacks'] = array(
  	'wp_widget_pages',
 	'wp_widget_pages_control',
 	'wp_widget_calendar',
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index 06af3dd3ce..45bb8994d3 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/l10n.php' );
 // Run the installer if WordPress is not installed.
 wp_not_installed();
 
+
 // Load most of WordPress.
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-walker.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-ajax-response.php' );
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ $wp = new WP();
  * @global object $wp_widget_factory
  * @since 2.8.0
  */
-$wp_widget_factory = new WP_Widget_Factory();
+$GLOBALS['wp_widget_factory'] = new WP_Widget_Factory();
 
 do_action( 'setup_theme' );