[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34358: plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) returns plugins directory when plugin symlinked to mu-plugins

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#34358: plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) returns plugins directory when plugin symlinked
to mu-plugins
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 Reporter:  scamartist26                         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Plugins                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  4.3.1
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests needs-    |  Resolution:
  refresh                                        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by rmccue):

 FWIW: the reason we didn't support symlinks for mu-plugins is because
 they're only files, whereas normal plugins are files or directories. It
 doesn't make much sense for just files to have the realpath registered.

 Presumably if you're using subdirectories, you have a loader file as well;
 this loader file should be calling `wp_register_plugin_realpath()` on the
 files it loads to
 [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/c3fe61770c5342877407bc143cc1a2590afcf93a
 /wp-settings.php#L252-L256 mirror how WP loads these files]. It ''should''
 Just Work if you do this; is that not the case?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34358#comment:13>
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