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I want some sort of variable to do what bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ) does.

Except in a different location!

Is there any way to set global directory locations?

Or am I stuck with copying the old chestnut: bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' )/assets/styles

over and over again?

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Sure you can do that. Create a simple plugin that looks something like this:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: SiteWide Assets Location
Plugin URI: www.mysite.com
Description: Global URI for commonly used CSS and JS files
Version: 1.0
Author: Me
License: None
*/
define( 'SYSTEM_ASSETS', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/somedirectory/' );

Then, store your .css and .js files there (or in a subdirectory within that directory), and now in your themes you can simply refer to the constant SYSTEM_ASSETS whenever you want that URI location.

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  • Cool! Thanks for the response! Is the constant considered a global variable? And is that even a big deal in this situation? Is there any built in way? Like set_blog_info()?
    – Dr. Chocolate
    Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 18:18
  • It's a constant...sort of a global variable. You could also create a simple function that returns the same exact string if you don't like constants. Either way, and neither one is a big deal...this type of thing is done all the time. Just pick unique names for your constants or functions declared outside a PHP class name scope.
    – C C
    Commented Oct 30, 2016 at 18:43

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