Comments on: WordPress Plugin-Path

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:00:47 +0000

scribu, we have also a life outside WPEngineer

By: scribu

scribu — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:35:13 +0000

PS: It would be nice if commenters got a message when their comment is held for moderation.

Keep up the good work.

By: scribu

scribu — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:32:47 +0000

Yes, but that's exactly when the plugins_url() function got implemented, so that case is covered.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:20:30 +0000

@scribu: i think it is better you use your function with constants, with WordPress 2.5 it is possible to change the wp-content-folder in a new name or place, see a other post from me: Determine Path To Plugin and Content Directories
Thanks for your comment and best wishes.

By: scribu

scribu — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:27:31 +0000

This is the function I use in several of my plugins:

function get_plugin_url() {
		// WP < 2.6
		if ( !function_exists('plugins_url') )
			return get_option('siteurl') . '/wp-content/plugins/' . plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__));

		return plugins_url(plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)));
	}

The advantage is that it works with all versions of WordPress from 2.3 to 2.8 and you don't have to hardcode the plugin directory.