Title: WP_Block_Metadata_Registry::get_wpinc_dir
Published: November 13, 2024

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# WP_Block_Metadata_Registry::get_wpinc_dir(): string

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Gets the WordPress ‘wp-includes’ directory path.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string The WordPress `'wp-includes'` directory path.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    }

    /**
     * Checks if metadata exists for a given block name in a specific collection.
     *
     * @since 6.7.0
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-block-metadata-registry.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-metadata-registry.php#L253)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-metadata-registry.php#L253-L258)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_metadata_registry/get_wpinc_dir/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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