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Posted by Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

How to get CSS to update?

I've tried making changes to the style.css file in the child folder, but when I put the file online via FTP the changes aren't reflected.

I've tried other answers for similar issues:

  • creating the functions.php file just put raw php in the template
  • yes, I have checked that the template is active and I'm viewing it
  • I have disabled cacheing while using Chrome tools
  • tried viewing in another browser

I even tried referrring to navbar as an ID vs a class, or trying to change other IDs like "site-navigation" but it didn't make a difference.

Not sure what else I'm doing wrong.

Update: checked later and seems to have gone through. Maybe it takes some time to work...?

1 Answer

Yojance Rabelo
Yojance Rabelo
1,156 Points
Yojance Rabelo
Yojance Rabelo
1,156 Points

Im not sure how you are enqueing your CSS files, but this might help you by making sure the CSS file will always be downloaded.

If you are enqueing the styles the right way, you might do something like this:

wp_enqueue_style( 'theme-styles', get_stylesheet_uri(), null, range( 1, 10 ), 'all' );

If you are just linking to the stylesheet from your header.php, add something like ?ver=1 to end of the file name.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="style.css?ver=<?php echo range( 1, 10 ); ?>" />