Retrieves stylesheet directory path for the active theme.

string Path to active theme's stylesheet directory.

• The returning path does not contain a trailing slash.
• An example output of get_stylesheet_directory() is
  /home/user/public_html/wp-content/themes/my_theme
• In the event a child theme is being used, that is the directory that will be returned, not the parent theme directory (use get_template_directory() instead if you want the parent directory).
• To retrieve the URI of the stylesheet directory use get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
• To retrieve the path of a parent theme, use get_template_directory()

File: wp-includes/theme.php. View all references

function get_stylesheet_directory() {
	$stylesheet     = get_stylesheet();
	$theme_root     = get_theme_root( $stylesheet );
	$stylesheet_dir = "$theme_root/$stylesheet";

	/**
	 * Filters the stylesheet directory path for the active theme.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string $stylesheet_dir Absolute path to the active theme.
	 * @param string $stylesheet     Directory name of the active theme.
	 * @param string $theme_root     Absolute path to themes directory.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'stylesheet_directory', $stylesheet_dir, $stylesheet, $theme_root );
}