# Generated path to assets incorrect after running wp acorn optimize **URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/generated-path-to-assets-incorrect-after-running-wp-acorn-optimize/29439 **Category:** sage **Tags:** acorn, sage10 **Created:** 2025-03-12T00:43:51Z **Posts:** 3 ## Post 1 by @tanog — 2025-03-12T00:43:51Z When deploying a Sage based theme to a remote development site, I’m getting the following PHP fatal error after running `wp acorn optimize` on the remote host: ``` PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Roots\Acorn\Assets\Exceptions\ManifestNotFoundException: The asset manifest [/home/redacted/sites/redacted.com/www/wp-content/themes/redacted/public/manifest.json] cannot be found. in /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/Acorn/Assets/Manager.php:122 Stack trace: #0 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/Acorn/Assets/Manager.php(94): Roots\Acorn\Assets\Manager->getJsonManifest() #1 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/Acorn/Assets/Manager.php(71): Roots\Acorn\Assets\Manager->resolve() #2 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/Acorn/Assets/AssetsServiceProvider.php(24): Roots\Acorn\Assets\Manager->manifest() #3 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(908): Roots\Acorn\Assets\AssetsServiceProvider->Roots\Acorn\Assets\{closure}() #4 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(795): Illuminate\Container\Container->build() #5 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(957): Illuminate\Container\Container->resolve() #6 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/illuminate/container/Container.php(731): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->resolve() #7 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(942): Illuminate\Container\Container->make() #8 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php(120): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->make() #9 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/helpers.php(29): app() #10 /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/app/setup.php(27): Roots\bundle() #11 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): App\{closure}() #12 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters() #13 /www/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action() #14 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php(897): do_action() #15 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): WP_Customize_Widgets->enqueue_scripts() #16 /www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters() #17 /www/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action() #18 /www/wp-admin/customize.php(127): do_action() #19 {main} thrown in /www/wp-content/themes/redacted/vendor/roots/acorn/src/Roots/Acorn/Assets/Manager.php on line 122 ``` It seems that the generated `config.php` file in `sites/redacted/www/wp-content/cache/acorn/framework/cache/config.php` have absolute URLs: ``` 'assets' => array ( 'default' => 'theme', 'manifests' => array ( 'theme' => array ( 'path' => '/home/redacted/sites/redacted.com/www/wp-content/themes/redacted/public', 'url' => 'https://redacted.com/wp-content/themes/redacted/public', 'assets' => '/home/redacted/sites/redacted.com/www/wp-content/themes/redacted/public/manifest.json', 'bundles' => '/home/redacted/sites/redacted.com/www/wp-content/themes/redacted/public/entrypoints.json', ), ), ), ``` However this causes a PHP fatal error in my hosting environment since the paths are different inside of the PHP container. Looking at the docs it seems like I can define a custom `ACORN_BASEPATH` but not sure if this is correct, it doesn’t seem to work: ``` if ( ! defined( 'ACORN_BASEPATH' ) ) { define( 'ACORN_BASEPATH', __DIR__. '/wp-content/cache' ); } ``` My current composer.json file: ``` { "name": "roots/sage", "type": "wordpress-theme", "license": "MIT", "description": "WordPress starter theme with a modern development workflow", "homepage": "https://roots.io/sage/", "authors": [ { "name": "Ben Word", "email": "ben@benword.com", "homepage": "https://github.com/retlehs" }, { "name": "Scott Walkinshaw", "email": "scott.walkinshaw@gmail.com", "homepage": "https://github.com/swalkinshaw" }, { "name": "QWp6t", "email": "hi@qwp6t.me", "homepage": "https://github.com/qwp6t" }, { "name": "Brandon Nifong", "email": "brandon@tendency.me", "homepage": "https://github.com/log1x" } ], "keywords": [ "wordpress" ], "support": { "issues": "https://github.com/roots/sage/issues", "forum": "https://discourse.roots.io/" }, "autoload": { "psr-4": { "App\\": "app/" } }, "require": { "php": ">=8.1", "log1x/navi": "^3.1", "log1x/sage-directives": "^2.0", "log1x/sage-svg": "^2.0", "roots/acorn": "^4.3", "supermundano/sage-the-events-calendar": "^1.0" }, "require-dev": { "laravel/pint": "^1.13" }, "suggest": { "log1x/sage-directives": "A collection of useful Blade directives for WordPress and Sage (^1.0)." }, "config": { "optimize-autoloader": true, "preferred-install": "dist", "sort-packages": true }, "minimum-stability": "dev", "prefer-stable": true, "extra": { "acorn": { "providers": [ "App\\Providers\\ThemeServiceProvider" ] } }, "scripts": { "post-autoload-dump": [ "Roots\\Acorn\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump" ] } } ``` Any insights that you could provide would be appreciated! --- ## Post 2 by @Log1x — 2025-03-12T00:49:18Z > However this causes a PHP fatal error in my hosting environment since the paths are different inside of the PHP container. Are you not running `wp acorn:optimize` on your hosting environment/container? --- ## Post 3 by @tanog — 2025-03-12T01:04:28Z Yeah running `wp acorn:optimize` in the hosting environment. Running the command generates the config file and paths that cause the error.