Symbolic Links on dev box with plugins and stylesheets

Symbolic links are … risky in WordPress. It is easier to use a separate domain for plugins per wp-config.php:

define( 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', '/local/path/to/plugin/directory' );
define( 'WP_PLUGIN_URL', 'http://plugins.dev');

See Strategy On Building Plugin Using Eclipse as an example for IDE configuration with such a setup.

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