Issue on moving website to Local on Windows

I engaged ChatGPT to word the following, yeah I hate it but use it. I also tried deleting the plugin folder then reinstalling – same error occurred.

Subject: Bug Report: File Path Issue on Windows / Local with “Shortcode for Current Date” Plugin

Hi [Developer’s Name],

I’m reporting a repeatable issue with the latest version of the “Shortcode for Current Date” plugin when installing on a Windows-based Local environment (using LocalWP).Issue Summary:

When activating the plugin, the following fatal error occurs:

Warning: require(E:\Workshop\...\shortcode-for-current-date/E:\Workshop\...\shortcode-for-current-date\vendor\dotcamp\promoter/inc/Config/config_core.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required...

Observation:
Your plugin’s code is concatenating absolute file paths twice, which is invalid on Windows. The resulting require() call includes a broken path like:

E:\Workshop\...\plugin-folder/E:\Workshop\...\plugin-folder\vendor\...

This is almost certainly happening because paths aren’t being normalized properly between Windows \ and URLs /.Environment Details:

• Windows 11
• LocalWP (NGINX / MySQL / PHP 8.x)
• WordPress latest version
• Plugin: shortcode-for-current-date latest from WP repo

Suggested Solution:

Instead of concatenating absolute paths manually, you should use:

require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'vendor/dotcamp/promoter/inc/Config/config_core.php';

or

require_once trailingslashit( __DIR__ ) . 'vendor/dotcamp/promoter/inc/Config/config_core.php';

This approach safely resolves paths on both Linux and Windows.Why This Matters:

• Works fine on Linux servers (most production environments)
• Breaks immediately on LocalWP or Windows servers
• Hard to debug for novice users because it looks like a missing file when it’s really a path error

Thank you for your work on the plugin — I’m happy to help test a patched version if needed.

Kind regards,
[Your Name]