WordPress Theme Path and URI

WordPress comes with some helper functions for finding a theme’s path and/or URI, which are tremendously useful but I always have to look them up. Therefore, I’m making note of them here so I know where to look them up.

Note: All of these functions return a string that does NOT include a closing slash (/)

Child Theme Path

get_stylesheet_directory()

get_stylesheet_directory()
/app/public/wp-content/themes/mychildtheme

Child Theme URI

get_stylesheet_directory_uri()

get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
https://example.com/wp-content/themes/mychildtheme

Parent Theme Path

get_template_directory()

get_template_directory()
/app/public/wp-content/themes/parent

Parent Theme Path

get_template_directory_uri()

get_template_directory_uri()
https://example.com/wp-content/themes/parent

Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)

Sal is a PHP developer with a focus on the WordPress platform. He is a conference speaker with a background including Piano Player, Radio DJ, Magician/Juggler, Beach Photographer, and High School Math Teacher. Sal can be found professionally at WebDevStudios, where he works as a senior backend engineer.