how to get path to images in the uploads folder to be used in a plugin

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I have some folder with images in /wp-content/uploads. I also have a plugin file in /wp-content/plugins. I want to retrieve the images stored in /wp-content/uploads and use them in the plugin file.

I have tried

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echo'<img src="../../USER_PHOTOS/ronny'" href="#"></img>';

can someone show me how I can get the path to these images?
thanks.

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  2. Unfortunately there is a documented bug where wp_upload_dir() does not honor https (ssl). My suggestion is to write a wrapper to remove the protocol from the returned URL to make it adaptable to the environment:

    function wp_upload_dir_url() {
  $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
  $upload_dir = $upload_dir['baseurl'];
  return preg_replace('/^https?:/', '', $upload_dir);
};
echo(wp_upload_dir_url() . '/2017/01/my-img.jpg');
// outputs something like '//mysite.test/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/my-img.jpg'
// which is perfectly acceptable as an img src

    If you are concerned about the performance hit of using preg_replace() multiple times, then set a constant in your functions.php file:

    define('WP_UPLOAD_DIR_URL', wp_upload_dir_url() . '/');

  3. Dan S points out a trac ticket where wp_upload_dir() does not support https. I’ve not found this to be the case on my sites, but if it does affect you, then you can add a filter to upload_dir and manually return the correct protocol based on the is_ssl() conditional.

    add_filter( 'upload_dir', function( $upload_dir ){
  return array_map( function( $value ) {
    return is_ssl() ?
      str_replace( 'http://', 'https://', $value ) :
      str_replace( 'https://', 'http://', $value );
  }, $upload_dir );
}, 10, 1 );

    Then you can continue using wp_upload_dir() as you always have.

    As noted here, unless you have specific performance concerns you should use https://.

  5. This is what I used to access an image file named “rock_01.jpg” uploaded to the wordpress folder “uploads/complete-theme/”

    <?php $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir(); ?>
<img src="<?php echo $upload_dir['baseurl'] . '/complete-theme/rock_01.jpg'; ?>" />

    It worked as expected.