How to get the current plugin directory in WordPress

Question

I need to get the current plugin directory like

[wordpress_install_dir]/wp-content/plugins/plugin_name

(if getcwd() called from the plugin, it returns [wordpress_install_dir], the root of installation)

thanks for help

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

This will actually get the result you want:

<?php plugin_dir_url(__FILE__); ?>

Hope this works!!

Thank you!