What’s the difference between home_url() and site_url()
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My understanding is that site_url() returns the location where the WordPress core files are.
If my blog is hosted at http://example.com/blog then site_url() returns http://example.com/blog
But then how does home_url() differ? For me, home_url() returns the same thing: http://example.com/blog
If that’s correct, then can I get WordPress to return http://example.com/ ?
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2011-06-17T13:07:10-05:00
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The
site_url()andhome_url()functions are similar and can lead to confusion in how they work.The
site_url()function retrieves the value value forsiteurlin thewp_optionstable in your database.This is the URL to the WordPress core files.
If your core files exist in a subdirectory
/wordpresson your web server, the value would behttp://example.com/wordpress.The
home_url()function retrieves the value forhomein thewp_optionstable in your database.This is the address you want people to visit to view your WordPress web site.
If your WordPress core files exist in
/wordpress, but you want your web site URL to behttp://example.comthe home value should behttp://example.com.