plugin_dir_url - wrong directory for symlinks

[iworks]

If plugin dir is a symlink, plugin_dir_url generate wrong url, getting physical not logical path.

I have symlink in wp-content/plugins

ln -s /home/user/svn/wordpress/plugins/plugin_dir/trunk plugin_dir

returns:

http://wordpress/wp-content/plugins/home/user/svn/wordpress/plugins/plugin_dir/trunk/

instead:

http://wordpress/wp-content/plugins/plugin_dir/

[garyc40]

plugin_dir_url() lets you specify a $file parameter. If you pass in __FILE__, the symlink will always be resolved.

Instead of passing in __FILE__, you can use $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"], which will let the symlink alone.

See ​this StackOverflow Q/A.

Also, you can even move your wp-content folder somewhere else, although this is not completely compatible with multisite enabled (works fine for single site). In your wp-config.php file, you can define these constants:

define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', '/absolute/path/to/your/wp-content' );
define( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', 'http://url.to/your/wp-content' );

I'm closing this as worksforme.

[dd32]

SCRIPT_FILENAME resolves to the current executing script, not the plugins filename.

Really, A Duplicate of: #13550

[hakre]

See #16953.