get_template_directory

Retrieve current theme directory.

Description

(string) get_template_directory(); 

Returns (string)

Template directory path.

Usage

  1. if ( !function_exists( 'get_template_directory' ) ) { 
  2.     require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme.php'; 
  3. } 
  4.  
  5.   
  6. // NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
  7. $result = get_template_directory(); 
  8.     

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/theme.php  
  1. function get_template_directory() { 
  2.     $template = get_template(); 
  3.     $theme_root = get_theme_root( $template ); 
  4.     $template_dir = "$theme_root/$template"; 
  5.  
  6.     /** 
  7.      * Filters the current theme directory path. 
  8.      * 
  9.      * @since 1.5.0 
  10.      * 
  11.      * @param string $template_dir The URI of the current theme directory. 
  12.      * @param string $template     Directory name of the current theme. 
  13.      * @param string $theme_root   Absolute path to the themes directory. 
  14.      */ 
  15.     return apply_filters( 'template_directory', $template_dir, $template, $theme_root ); 
  16. }