You can change the Plugins directory using constants defined in wp-config.php: Set WP_CONTENT_DIR to the full local path of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g. define( ‘WP_CONTENT_DIR’, $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/blog/wp-content’ ); Set WP_CONTENT_URL to the full URI of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g. define( ‘WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘http://example/blog/wp-content’); Set WP_PLUGIN_DIR to the full local path of … Read more
I don’t have time to explain this in detail (I shall upon return) but in the meantime this should work for you, Answer updated with explanation as promised. WP Rewrite rules are like voodoo, I’m sure there’s more than one way to go about this, but here’s mine. Problem: Just to clarify your question for … Read more
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.
If this is a single WordPress install, there are a couple database entries with your old domain. Specifically, siteurl and home within wp_options. That said, if the dev URL is temporary, you can also set the following two constants in wp-config.php: define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://’ . $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’]); define(‘WP_SITEURL’, WP_HOME . “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”); Provided that WordPress is installed in … Read more
What you’re looking for is wp_localize_script function. You use it like this when enqueing script wp_register_script( ‘my-script’, ‘myscript_url’ ); wp_enqueue_script( ‘my-script’ ); $translation_array = array( ‘templateUrl’ => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ); //after wp_enqueue_script wp_localize_script( ‘my-script’, ‘object_name’, $translation_array ); In your style.js, there is going to be: var templateUrl = object_name.templateUrl; …
They should do the same thing, but under certain conditions, may not. First of all note: that the codex entry description is misleading that wp-admin/includes/file.php must be included in context else calling get_home_path() will lead to calling an undefined function. Regarding the codex entry, Description Get the absolute filesystem path to the root of the … Read more
I think you have to be a little careful because it depends on what you are trying to do. If you are using a child theme get_template_directory(); will still go to the parent theme. However get_stylesheet_directory(); will go to the current theme, child or parent. Also, both these functions return absolute server paths. If you … Read more