Moving folders in WordPress using code

You need to make the following changes into wp-config.php file.

We can use PHP dirname to get a parent directory’s path.

This will return the directory of current included file:

dirname(__FILE__);

How to move wp-content folder?

wp-content directory holds themes, plugins, and uploads

Use this code to WP_CONTENT_DIR to the full local path of wp-content directory (without the trailing slash):

define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', dirname(__FILE__) . '/blog/wp-content' );

Use this code to WP_CONTENT_DIR to the full URL of wp-content directory (without the trailing slash):

define( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', 'https://yogeshchauhan.com/blog/wp-content' );

How to move the plugins folder?

Use this code to WP_PLUGIN_DIR to the full local path of plugins directory (without the trailing slash):

define( 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', dirname(__FILE__) . '/blog/wp-content/plugins' );

Use this code in case you have compatibility issues:

define( 'PLUGINDIR', dirname(__FILE__) . '/blog/wp-content/plugins' );

Use this code to WP_PLUGIN_DIR to the full URI of plugins directory (without the trailing slash):

define( 'WP_PLUGIN_URL', 'http://yogeshchauhan.com/blog/wp-content/plugins' );

How to move the themes folder?

You won’t be able to move the themes folder since themes directory path is hardcoded relative to the wp-content folder:

$theme_root = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/themes'; 

You have an option to register additional theme directories via register_theme_directory WordPress function.

How to move the uploads folder?

Use this code to move the uploads folder:

define( 'UPLOADS', 'blog/wp-content/uploads' );

No need to add a leading slash in the uploads path address since it is always relative to ABSPATH.

Uploads folder path can not be absolute.

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