TEMPLATEPATH without the theme name? No THEMEPATH constant?

Question

Is there a way to get a path to the themes directory without the current theme in the path?

ie, in a standard WP install, I would want a reference to:

C:\xampplite\htdocs\sitename/wp-content/themes/

But the TEMPLATEPATH constant returns...

C:\xampplite\htdocs\sitename/wp-content/themes/currentActiveTheme

toscho · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-25 00:22:13Z

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dirname( STYLESHEETPATH );

That will return the theme directory.

Never assume /wp-content/ below ABSPATH. I’m using often a different directory and domain for wp-content to enable cookieless requests to theme files. Bad plugins and themes break terribly in such cases.

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Or use get_theme_root() for the file path and get_theme_root_uri() for the URI. Both are defined in wp-includes/theme.php.

edited Mar 25 '11 at 0:22

answered Mar 23 '11 at 23:12

toscho♦
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	+ 1 Thanks. This works too. Would there be any benefit to using this vs imHavoc's answer? – Scott B Mar 24 '11 at 13:09
	@Scott B There should be no difference. `STYLESHEETPATH` is defined in `wp-includes/default-constants.php` calling `get_stylesheet_directory()` which is asking `get_theme_root()`. – toscho♦ Mar 24 '11 at 13:46
	actually, after further review, yours is the more appropriate answer for my question. it returns a file path, not a URL path as get_theme_root_uri() does (c:\ as opposed to http://) and since I'm moving files, that's what I needed in this case. – Scott B Mar 24 '11 at 17:37
	@Scott B I added the two functions for for the path and the URI to complete the answer. – toscho♦ Mar 25 '11 at 0:22

Paul Cook · Answer 2 · 2011-03-23 22:51:04Z

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WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL as well as content_url() get you most of the way there.

answered Mar 23 '11 at 22:51

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Bainternet · Answer 3 · 2011-03-23 22:37:50Z

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You can use the constant ABSPATH and just append to it wp-content/themes/ so:

ABSPATH . "wp-content/themes/"

answered Mar 23 '11 at 22:37

Bainternet♦
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Can the user specify any directory other than wp-content/themes to store their themes? – Scott B Mar 23 '11 at 22:43

@Scott: It is possible but very hard to acomplish and not very likly that anyone has. – Bainternet♦ Mar 23 '11 at 22:51

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Two lines in wp-config.php aren’t that hard. ;) Just define WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL. – toscho♦ Mar 23 '11 at 23:13

@toscho: thanks, you learn new stuff every day, i was just reading about it at codex.wordpress.org/Determining_Plugin_and_Content_Directories – Bainternet♦ Mar 23 '11 at 23:41

imHavoc · Answer 4 · 2011-03-23 22:36:53Z

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There is no THEMEPATH constant, but you can use the get_theme_root_uri() function to retrieve the path to the themes folder.

answered Mar 23 '11 at 22:36

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	This looks like the best option. Testing it now. – Scott B Mar 24 '11 at 12:42
	This works perfectly, however, in this case, I'm looking for a file path, not a URL path. I'm moving files on the server from a plugin folder to the themes folder. Your answer works fine though, depending on the context of the question. – Scott B Mar 24 '11 at 17:40

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