bloginfo('url') vs echo esc_url( home_url() )

  • Resolved Chris

    (@lamordnt)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    I just ran theme check on a theme I have and noticed a bunch of errors for how I am linking within my theme. It says that bloginfo(‘url’) is incorrect and basically all of the other reference such as bloginfo(‘template_directory’) is wrong to. Should I be using echo esc_url( home_url() ) instead? I cannot really find any documentation that says bloginfo is wrong. Suggestions? Thanks!

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    Hi Chris!

    Yes, you would want to use esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ) instead. That was deprecated in 2.2 I believe. ( at least looking at the core code ).

    As for 'template_directory' you can simply use get_template_directory_uri() as it does the same thing. bloginfo calls that behind the scenes. ??

    Thread Starter Chris

    (@lamordnt)

    Excellent thank you Jose!

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