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I have a simple test plugin - a folder called tester containing a file called tester.php that contains only this:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: My tester
*/
?>

I have a copy of WordPress running locally on my Mac. When the plugin is in the plugins directory it appears in the Admin list of plugins.

When I move the plugin directory elsewhere and symlink to it, it doesn't show up.

I've done similar with a theme, and WordPress happily uses that. From what I've read this should now work with plugins too. Am I missing something?

(WordPress 4.8)

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What have you done to add the symlink?

In using VVV I am able to symlink using your plugin tester code:

    # ssh into vagrant
    $ vagrant ssh
    # create symlink
    $ sudo ln -s /srv/www/wordpress-default/wp-content/testing-dir/tester /srv/www/wordpress-default/wp-content/plugins/tester
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  • I hadn't thought of making the symlink from within Vagrant! Doing that (in my case sudo ln -s /var/www/tester /var/www/public/wp/wp-content/plugins/tester) seems to work, thanks! It's odd that I could make a symlink for a theme on my Mac, not in Vagrant.
    – Phil Gyford
    Jul 24, 2017 at 16:52
  • Also ensure WordPress has access to the linked folder. In my case on Windows it was the reason why it wasn't working
    – Master DJon
    Jul 2, 2020 at 18:35
  • How can you achieve the same with docker?
    – zoltankundi
    Mar 2, 2022 at 15:32

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