get_template_directory(): string
- Since
- 1.5.0, 6.4.0, 6.4.1
- Source
wp-includes/theme.php:337
Retrieves template directory path for the active theme.
Return
string- Path to active theme's template directory.
Hooks fired · 1
One hook fires while get_template_directory() runs, in this order:
- apply_filters( template_directory )filterline 351 (+14 into the body)
Filters the active theme directory path.
Uses · 3
- get_template()Retrieves name of the active theme.
- get_theme_root()Retrieves path to themes directory.
- apply_filters()Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
Used by · 36
- Twenty_Twenty_One_Dark_Mode::the_script()Prints the dark-mode switch script.
- WP_Customize_Manager::prepare_starter_content_attachments()Prepares starter content attachments.
- WP_Debug_Data::get_wp_parent_theme()Gets the WordPress parent theme section of the debug data.
- WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_file_path_from_theme()Builds the path to the given file and checks that it is readable.
- WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_style_variations()Returns the style variations defined by the theme.
- _get_block_template_file()Retrieves the template file from the theme for a given slug.
- _get_block_templates_files()Retrieves the template files from the theme.
- _load_textdomain_just_in_time()Loads plugin and theme text domains just-in-time.
- get_attachment_icon_src()Retrieve icon URL and Path.
- get_block_asset_url()Gets the URL to a block asset.
- get_editor_stylesheets()Retrieves any registered editor stylesheet URLs.
- get_parent_theme_file_path()Retrieves the path of a file in the parent theme.
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- get_theme_file_path()Retrieves the path of a file in the theme.
- get_theme_file_uri()Retrieves the URL of a file in the theme.
- load_theme_textdomain()Loads the theme's translated strings.
- locate_block_template()Finds a block template with equal or higher specificity than a given PHP template file.
- resolve_block_template()Returns the correct 'wp_template' to render for the request template type.
- twenty_twenty_one_setup()Sets up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress features.
- twenty_twenty_one_skip_link_focus_fix()Fixes skip link focus in IE11.
- twentyeleven_setup()Set up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress features.
- twentyfifteen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentyfourteen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentyfourteen_widgets_init()Register three Twenty Fourteen widget areas.
- twentynineteen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentyseventeen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentysixteen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentyten_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentyten_setup()Set up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress features.
- twentythirteen_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentytwelve_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentytwenty_register_block_patterns()Register block patterns and pattern categories.
- twentytwenty_theme_support()Sets up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress features.
- validate_current_theme()Checks that the active theme has the required files.
- wp_set_template_globals()Set up the globals used for template loading.
- wp_templating_constants()Defines templating-related WordPress constants.
- wp_theme_has_theme_json()Checks whether a theme or its parent has a theme.json file.
Source
function get_template_directory() { $template = get_template(); $theme_root = get_theme_root( $template ); $template_dir = "$theme_root/$template"; /** * Filters the active theme directory path. * * @since 1.5.0 * * @param string $template_dir The path of the active theme directory. * @param string $template Directory name of the active theme. * @param string $theme_root Absolute path to the themes directory. */ return apply_filters( 'template_directory', $template_dir, $template, $theme_root );}History
Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
6.4.1
Memoization removed.from the docblock
6.4.0
Memoizes filter execution so that it only runs once for the current theme.from the docblock
1.5.0
Introduced.from the docblock
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