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Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points
Posted by Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points

Stylesheet enqueueing in child-theme doesn't work

Hi, i'm wondering why enqueueing a js file in my child-theme works:

<php ? add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'child_add_scripts' );
function child_add_scripts() {
    wp_register_script('stepAssociati',get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.steps.js',
        false,'1.0',true);
    wp_enqueue_script( 'stepAssociati' );}
?>

but it doesn't work for css file:

<php ? add_action( 'wp_enqueue_style', 'child_add_styles' );
function child_add_styles() {
    wp_register_style(
        'jquery.steps',
        get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/css/jquery.steps.css');
    wp_enqueue_style( 'jquery.steps' );} 
?>

url: http://tropicodellibro.it

2 Answers

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

Hi Marco,

You are using the wrong action hook for your style enqueue. You are using wp_enqueue_style but it should be wp_enqueue_scripts.

<?php add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'child_add_styles' ); ?>
Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points
Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points

thank you, i've been trying that a lot, but it didn't work, and as far as i know wp_enqueue_style is much safer when adding stylesheet file.

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

As far as I know there is no hook called wp_enqueue_style. your function should really be hooked into wp_enqueue_scripts instead and it should work fine. You also wrote your php block wrong should be <?php starting

Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points
Marco Goldin
Marco Goldin
7,913 Points

great, thanks! You were right, it was because of the wrong php. I also found that to use the wp_enqueue_style function it should be added on the wp_enqueue_scripts action.

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

Nice! Can you close the topic?:)