site_url( string $path = , string|null $scheme = null ): string

Retrieves the URL for the current site where WordPress application files (e.g. wp-blog-header.php or the wp-admin/ folder) are accessible.

Description

Returns the ‘site_url’ option with the appropriate protocol, ‘https’ if is_ssl() and ‘http’ otherwise. If $scheme is ‘http’ or ‘https’, is_ssl() is overridden.

Parameters

$pathstringoptional
Path relative to the site URL.

Default:''

$schemestring|nulloptional
Scheme to give the site URL context. See set_url_scheme() .
More Arguments from set_url_scheme( … $scheme )Scheme to give $url. Currently 'http', 'https', 'login', 'login_post', 'admin', 'relative', 'rest', 'rpc', or null.

Default:null

Return

string Site URL link with optional path appended.

Source

function site_url( $path = '', $scheme = null ) {
	return get_site_url( null, $path, $scheme );
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.0.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    The contributed example is unclear because it states that the result is one of two options, but no information is given to determine which option to expect. Are we to assume it is random, and therefore must filter out the spurious occurrences of “wordpress”?

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