Retrieve WordPress root directory path?

Question

How can I retrieve the path to the root directory in WordPress CMS?

Answer 1

Try this function for get root directory path:

get_template_directory_uri();

Answer 2

You can use get_site_url() function to get the base url of the wordpress site.

For more information, please visit http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_site_url

Answer 3

I think this would do the trick:

function get_wp_installation()
{
    $full_path = getcwd();
    $ar = explode("wp-", $full_path);
    return $ar[0];
}

Answer 4

If you have WordPress bootstrap loaded you can use get_home_path() function to get path to the WordPress root directory.

Answer 5

This an old question, but I have a new answer. This single line will return the path inside a template: :)

$wp_root_path = str_replace('/wp-content/themes', '', get_theme_root());

Answer 6

There are 2 answers for this question Url & directory. Either way, the elegant way would be to define two constants for later use.

define (ROOT_URL, get_site_url() );
define (ROOT_DIR, get_theme_root() );