Directory Structure

Zero-config setup

Out of the box, Acorn will use its own configs, and it will keep the application cache and logs in the standard WordPress cache directory:

Traditional setup

Acorn also supports a more traditional Laravel-esque structure. We recommend this approach if you are adding Acorn/Laravel packages and want to have more control over your app.

You can manually create a config/ directory, or you can automatically set up the traditional structure with WP-CLI (see below).

If you have a config/ directory, you can drop your desired config files in there. any that are missing (such as app.php) will just be pulled from Acorn's config directory.

WP-CLI commands for setting up the traditional structure

You can automatically set up the traditional structure via WP-CLI:

Alternatively, you can choose to only copy the config files.

Advanced directory modifications

You can modify the path for any Acorn directory by using the acorn/paths.{$path} filters, where $path is one of the following:

• base
• app
• config
• storage
• resources
• public

The base path may also be set by defining the ACORN_BASEPATH constant. This is useful for setting it when filters are unavailable, such as in wp-config.php.