Title: WP_REST_Font_Faces_Controller::relative_fonts_path
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Font_Faces_Controller::relative_fonts_path( string $path ): string

## In this article

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

Returns relative path to an uploaded font file.

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

The path is relative to the current fonts directory.

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

 `$path`stringrequired

Full path to the file.

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

 string Relative path on success, unchanged path on failure.

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

    ```php
    protected function relative_fonts_path( $path ) {
    	$new_path = $path;

    	$fonts_dir = wp_get_font_dir();
    	if ( str_starts_with( $new_path, $fonts_dir['basedir'] ) ) {
    		$new_path = str_replace( $fonts_dir['basedir'], '', $new_path );
    		$new_path = ltrim( $new_path, '/' );
    	}

    	return $new_path;
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-font-faces-controller.php#L923-L933)

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

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

Retrieves font uploads directory information.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Font_Faces_Controller::create_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_font_faces_controller/create_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-font-faces-controller.php` |

Creates a font face for the parent font family.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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