WordPress: ‘siteurl’


When creating a WordPress theme, I noticed broken images on certain pages. I am used to linking images from /images/ or /wp-content/uploads, but the images were not showing up for some reason. With a quick online search, I found that it had to do with absolute and relative paths. I usually don’t have to put the absolute path on an image or link. WordPress has a tag called ‘siteurl’. All I had to do is add <?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?> to the beginning of each link/image that was broken to make it an absolute path instead of a relative path. This was a really simple solution. It also helps when using a theme on different site names.

For Example:
Lets say you want a /home link to itsmetommy.com. You would write the code <a href=”http://itsmetommy.com”>Home</a> right? But what if your theme gets placed on a different site name like http://www.studionashvegas.com? The home link would still point to http://itsmetommy.com, which would be a problem.

That is where <?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?> comes in.

<?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?> points to the current URL of the site.

For Example:

Link

<a href=”<?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?>/about”>About</a>

Points to http://www.itsmetommy.com/about

Image

<img src="<?php bloginfo(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-content/uploads/About-Medium.jpg">

Points to http://www.itsmetommy.com/wp-content/uploads/About-Medium.jpg

Source: http://www.studionashvegas.com/wordpress/better-know-a-wordpress-tag-siteurl

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