[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55522: Misleading method names plugin_dir_path and plugin_dir_url

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#55522: Misleading method names plugin_dir_path and plugin_dir_url
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 Reporter:  subrataemfluence  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins           |     Version:  5.9.2
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by joyously):

 What is the problem you are trying to solve?
 I think you can't make these changes or you will break some code.
 The change for using `WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/plugins' ` is bad, since the
 plugins folder could have been changed to something else using `define(
 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', 'somethingelse' );` unrelated to `WP_CONTENT_DIR` or
 `/plugins'.

 The change for `plugin_dir_url` makes the same call either way, which is
 the default for those parameters, so why change it?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55522#comment:1>
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