Title: Domain mapping breaks some plugin scripts and css
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Domain mapping breaks some plugin scripts and css

 *  [guillaumemolter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guillaumemolter/)
 * (@guillaumemolter)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/)
 * Hi!
 * **Here is the context:**
    I have a sub domains wp mu install with wp-content 
   in a different location and using the domain mapping plugin. WP and all my plugins
   are up to date. There is no https involved.
 * **The problem:**
    Some plugins are not working properly (Metaslider, Google Analytics
   to Dashboard), enqueue JS and css paths are wrong. It seems to always appear 
   when plugins use : `define( 'RANDOMNAME', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );`.
 * Url without domain mapping :
    [http://bcwp.guillaumemolter.me/wp-app-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/front/css/item-reports.css?ver=4.8.1.2](http://bcwp.guillaumemolter.me/wp-app-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/front/css/item-reports.css?ver=4.8.1.2)
 * Url with domain mapping :
    [http://blackcake-whiteplate.comp/front/css/item-reports.css?ver=4.8.1.2](http://blackcake-whiteplate.comp/front/css/item-reports.css?ver=4.8.1.2)
 * Everything works perfectly without the domain mapping.
 * I also tried to force define in my wp-config but it doesn’t change anything:
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-app-content' );
       define( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/wp-app-content' );
       define( 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-app-content/plugins' );
       define( 'WP_PLUGIN_URL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/wp-app-content/plugins' );
       ```
   
 * Any Suggestions??
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/)

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 *  [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/#post-6372516)
 * The plugin uses PLUGINDIR, it’s the relative to ABSPATH path.
 * By default it’s setup like this:
 *     ```
       /**
       	 * Allows for the plugins directory to be moved from the default location.
       	 *
       	 * @since 2.1.0
       	 * @deprecated
       	 */
       	if ( !defined('PLUGINDIR') )
       		define( 'PLUGINDIR', 'wp-content/plugins' ); // Relative to ABSPATH. For back compat.
       ```
   
 * So you’ll want to use this maybe:
 * `define( 'PLUGINDIR', 'wp-app-content/plugins' );`
 *  Thread Starter [guillaumemolter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guillaumemolter/)
 * (@guillaumemolter)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/#post-6372525)
 * Thank you scott! This was indeed the solution!
 *  [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/#post-6372526)
 * I only realized that, when I ran into the same type of issue, except my plugin
   was an mu-plugin 🙂
 *  [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/#post-6372527)
 * My related thread on that very thing: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/support-for-mu-plugins-folder-when-using-plugins_url?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/support-for-mu-plugins-folder-when-using-plugins_url?replies=1)

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 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-breaks-some-plugin-scripts-and-css/#post-6372527)
 * Status: not resolved