CSS throwing 404 if wp-plugin is a symlink

• radi

• September 18, 2013 at 7:32 am

I am not sure why you are not using the WordPress plugin_dir_url() and instead you created your own helpers_get_dir(), but your function does not account for symlinks. I fixed your plugin for my WP site by replacing $this->settings[‘dir’] with plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) in your acf.php file.

Also you should not use constants like WP_PLUGIN_DIR and WP_CONTENT_DIR in your plugin. These are there only for testing and should not be use on production plugins/themes.

You should look into updating your plugin to use WP core functionally…

• Elliot

• September 18, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Hi @radi

Thanks for the feedback. I use a custom url helper because ACF can be included in a theme or as a plugin. Therefore the standard plugin_dir_url function is not an option.

Perhaps there is a better way, I am open to your ideas.

Thanks
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• jchamb

• February 24, 2015 at 2:06 am

Came across this issue today. A work around for anyone else that stumbles on this is to redefine WP_PLUGIN_DIR using realpath in wp-config.php

define ('WP_PLUGIN_DIR', realpath(WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins'));