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WordPress From Bootstrap to WordPress Create Bootstrap Styled Theme Templates The Header and Footer Templates

Jojo Ind
Jojo Ind
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Posted by Jojo Ind
Jojo Ind
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What's the different between bloginfo template_directory and get_template_directory_uri ?

Hi, I'm confused, what's the different between these 2 function ?

They're both basically echoing the root folder of the wp, aren't they ?

So why the first one use "bloginfo" function and the second one use "get_template_directory_uri" function ?

bloginfo('template_directory');?>/images/favicon.ico

get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/bootstrap.min.css'

Thank you

1 Answer

Roberto Alicata
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Roberto Alicata
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Roberto Alicata
Roberto Alicata
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from the Codex

[...]Within child themes, both get_bloginfo('template_url') and get_template() will return the parent theme directory. Consider echoing get_template_directory_uri() instead (for the parent template directory) or get_stylesheet_directory_uri() (for the child template directory).

Jojo Ind
Jojo Ind
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Jojo Ind
Jojo Ind
2,260 Points

Thank you Roberto, for taking time to answer my question.