Determining plugin and content directories

[jonathanbossenger]

Details

• Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
• Content title: Determining plugin and content directories
• Topic description: Covers how to use internal WordPress functions to determine internal URLs and paths.
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

Prerequisites

It is assumed that the learner has already completed the following lessons:

• Beginner WordPress developer
  • Modules 1 - 4
  • Module 6: An introduction to developing WordPress plugins

Learning Objectives

• Explain why a plugin developer cannot assume that plugins and themes will always be in the same location
• Identify and describe commonly used internal functions for finding plugin paths and URLs for enqueuing asset files
• Summarize the available internal functions, highlighting the most important, with some examples

Related Resources and Other Notes

• https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-basics/determining-plugin-and-content-directories/

Automation Code

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Lesson Development Checklist

• Gather any relevant links to Support, Docs, or related material
• Description and Objectives finalized
• Lesson created and announced to the team for review
• Lesson reviewed
• Lesson video submitted and published to WPTV
• Lesson created on Learn.WordPress.org
• Lesson video published to YouTube
• Lesson on Learn.WordPress.org updated with YouTube video
• Lesson published to Learn.WordPress.org

[jonathanbossenger]

Closing in favour of including this in #2696