Manual:$wgStyleDirectory

Server URLs and file paths: $wgStyleDirectory
The file system path to the skins directory.
Introduced in version:	1.3.0
Removed in version:	still in use
Allowed values:	(relative path)
Default value:	null (1.38+) "{$IP }/skins" (1.4-1.37) "{$IP }/style" (1.3)
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Details

The file system path to the skins directory. This controls where MediaWiki will look for skin files on the server itself.

Set to "{$IP}/skins" by Setup.php before loading local settings.

See also

• $IP
• $wgStylePath – the URL for skins.