do relative path in wordpress plugin point to wp-admin path?

Question

Actually I saved my image generated by my plugin in a folder images_uploads under my plugin folder

when I wrote my plugin where i need to include a relative path. I realise that there is error generated by Firebug. And the file actually point to wp-admin . For example:

<img src = "./images-uploads/image.jpg">

Actually is <img src = "http://example.com/wp-admin/images_uploads/image.jpg"> what I want is <img src="http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin/images-uploads/image.jpg">

Can anyone explain why the path is not from the current location of my plugin but instead the loaction of wp-admin. Is there any reference or documentation available???

Answer 1

I use the following in the main plugin file to define its URL and Path:

$this->plugin_url = plugins_url( '/', __FILE__ );
$this->plugin_path = plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ );

Then, print the image like:

echo '<img src = "' . $this->plugin_url . 'images-uploads/image.jpg">';