Title: WP_Filesystem_SSH2::mkdir
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_SSH2::mkdir( string $path, int|false $chmod = false, string|int|false $chown = false, string|int|false $chgrp = false ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Creates a directory.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$path`stringrequired

Path for new directory.

`$chmod`int|falseoptional

The permissions as octal number (or false to skip chmod).

Default:`false`

`$chown`string|int|falseoptional

A user name or number (or false to skip chown).

Default:`false`

`$chgrp`string|int|falseoptional

A group name or number (or false to skip chgrp).

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function mkdir( $path, $chmod = false, $chown = false, $chgrp = false ) {
    	$path = untrailingslashit( $path );

    	if ( empty( $path ) ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	if ( ! $chmod ) {
    		$chmod = FS_CHMOD_DIR;
    	}

    	if ( ! ssh2_sftp_mkdir( $this->sftp_link, $path, $chmod, true ) ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	// Set directory permissions.
    	ssh2_sftp_chmod( $this->sftp_link, $path, $chmod );

    	if ( $chown ) {
    		$this->chown( $path, $chown );
    	}

    	if ( $chgrp ) {
    		$this->chgrp( $path, $chgrp );
    	}

    	return true;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Filesystem_SSH2::chown()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/chown/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php` |

Changes the owner of a file or directory.

  | 
| [WP_Filesystem_SSH2::chgrp()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/chgrp/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php` |

Changes the file group.

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

Removes trailing forward slashes and backslashes if they exist.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ssh2/mkdir/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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