Title: WP_Filesystem_FTPext::cwd
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_FTPext::cwd(): string|false

## In this article

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

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Gets the current working directory.

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

 string|false The current working directory on success, false on failure.

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

    ```php
    public function cwd() {
    	$cwd = ftp_pwd( $this->link );

    	if ( $cwd ) {
    		$cwd = trailingslashit( $cwd );
    	}

    	return $cwd;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php#L229)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php#L229-L237)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [trailingslashit()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/trailingslashit/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Appends a trailing slash.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Filesystem_FTPext::is_dir()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpext/is_dir/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php` |

Checks if resource is a directory.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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