[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16953: Allow symlinked plugins

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#16953: Allow symlinked plugins
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 Reporter:  scribu                  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Plugins                 |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Comment (by rmccue):

 [http://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 dev&day=2013-08-20&sort=asc#m670205 Discussed on IRC with nacin], best
 path forward looks to be creating a path cache.

 I know exactly how to write the patch, but haven't the time yet. Patches
 welcome if anyone does.

 The approach I'd take is to create a new global (ick, I know, but it can
 be edited on `plugins_loaded`) containing a map of `dirname( $plugin ) =>
 dirname( realpath( $plugin ) )` in wp-settings.php, then changing
 `plugin_basename` to use it. It's simple and it's fairly fast on load
 (`realpath` is already hit in `include`, so the stat cache should fix
 that). Bonus points for rolling the filter in as well.

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