WordPress: How to Create a Directory within the Uploads Folder

When developing a plugin or theme, it can be useful to be able to programmatically create a directory within the wp-content/uploads folder. Here is a handy piece of code to do it.

Open functions.php file and add below snippet.

function myplugin_activate() {

    $upload = wp_upload_dir();
    $upload_dir = $upload['basedir'];
    $upload_dir = $upload_dir . '/mypluginfiles';
    if (! is_dir($upload_dir)) {
       mkdir( $upload_dir, 0700 );
    }
}

register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'myplugin_activate' );

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