Title: WP_Filesystem_Base::find_base_dir
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_Base::find_base_dir( string $base = '.', bool $verbose = false ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This method has been deprecated since 2.7.0. Use [WP_Filesystem_Base::abspath()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/abspath/)
instead.

Locates a folder on the remote filesystem.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Filesystem_Base::abspath()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/abspath/)
 * [WP_Filesystem_Base::wp_content_dir()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/wp_content_dir/)
 * [WP_Filesystem_Base::wp_plugins_dir()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/wp_plugins_dir/)
 * [WP_Filesystem_Base::wp_themes_dir()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/wp_themes_dir/)
 * [WP_Filesystem_Base::wp_lang_dir()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Filesystem_Base/wp_lang_dir/)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$base`stringoptional

The folder to start searching from. Default `'.'`.

Default:`'.'`

`$verbose`booloptional

True to display debug information.

Default:`false`

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

 string The location of the remote path.

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

    ```php
    public function find_base_dir( $base = '.', $verbose = false ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.7.0', 'WP_Filesystem_Base::abspath() or WP_Filesystem_Base::wp_*_dir()' );
    	$this->verbose = $verbose;
    	return $this->abspath();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php#L139)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php#L139-L143)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/find_base_dir/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Filesystem_Base::abspath()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/abspath/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php` |

Returns the path on the remote filesystem of ABSPATH.

  | 
| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Deprecated. use [WP_Filesystem_Base::abspath()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/abspath/) or WP_Filesystem*Base::wp**_dir() instead. | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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