Title: WP_Styles::in_default_dir
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Styles::in_default_dir( string $src ): bool

## In this article

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

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Whether a handle’s source is in a default directory.

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

 `$src`stringrequired

The source of the enqueued style.

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

 bool True if found, false if not.

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

    ```php
    public function in_default_dir( $src ) {
    	if ( ! $this->default_dirs ) {
    		return true;
    	}

    	foreach ( (array) $this->default_dirs as $test ) {
    		if ( str_starts_with( $src, $test ) ) {
    			return true;
    		}
    	}
    	return false;
    }
    ```

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Styles::do_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_styles/do_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-styles.php` |

Processes a style dependency.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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