How to get the current plugin directory in WordPress?

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bog picture bog · Jun 27, 2010 · Viewed 100.5k times · Source

I need to get the current plugin directory like 

[wordpress_install_dir]/wp-content/plugins/plugin_name

(if getcwd() called from the plugin, it returns [wordpress_install_dir], the root of installation)

thanks for help

Answer

Tom Auger picture Tom Auger · Oct 13, 2011

Why not use the WordPress core function that's designed specifically for that purpose?

<?php plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ); ?>

See Codex documentation here.

You also have

<?php plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ); ?>

if what you're looking for is a URI as opposed to a server path.

See Codex documentation here.

IMO it's always best to use the highest-level method that's available in core, and this is it. It makes your code more future proof.

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