wp-includes/theme.php:337Retrieves template directory path for the active theme.
stringOne hook fires while get_template_directory() runs, in this order:
Filters the active theme directory path.
function get_template_directory() { $template = get_template(); $theme_root = get_theme_root( $template ); $template_dir = "$theme_root/$template"; /** * Filters the active theme directory path. * * @since 1.5.0 * * @param string $template_dir The path of the active theme directory. * @param string $template Directory name of the active theme. * @param string $theme_root Absolute path to the themes directory. */ return apply_filters( 'template_directory', $template_dir, $template, $theme_root );}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/theme.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.