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Code Snippet to Create a Directory Within Uploads Folder

Here's a code snippet that allows your plugin to create a new folder in the /uploads directory on activation. Could be useful if your plugin needs to allow imports or uploads and you want them stored in a separate directory.

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Here’s a code snippet that allows your plugin to create a new folder in the /uploads directory on activation. Could be useful if your plugin needs to allow imports or uploads and you want them stored in a separate directory.

[php]
function myplugin_activate() {

$upload = wp_upload_dir();
$upload_dir = $upload[‘basedir’];
$upload_dir = $upload_dir . ‘/mypluginfiles’;
if (! is_dir($upload_dir)) {
mkdir( $upload_dir, 0700 );
}
}

register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘myplugin_activate’ );
[/php]
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3 Responses

  1. I prefer use the WP way than the PHP way:
    wp_mkdir_p( $upload_dir );
    or more techy:
    require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php’ );
    require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php’ );
    $wp_fs_d = new WP_Filesystem_Direct( new StdClass() );
    if ( !$wp_fs_d->is_dir( $upload_dir ) && !$wp_fs_d->mkdir( $upload_dir, 0705 ) )
    wp_die( sprintf( __( ‘Impossible to create %s directory.’ ), $upload_dir ) );

    By the way, WP recommand a 705 CHMOD, not 700, and take care readers: do not use “$uploads” var name this is overwritten by WordPress.

    1. Probably would personally stick to wp_mkdir_p() here. Using the Filesystem API would probably be a bit of overkill!

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