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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page Adding CSS to a Plugin Settings Page

function my_plugin_styles and enque the admin stylesheet. (Don't they mean enqueue?)

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Why isn't there a blueprint for this? Why must the always change the names around? Sorry, I'm just irritated.

plugin.php
<?php

// Handle: my_plugin_css
// Plugin folder: my-plugin
// CSS file: my-plugin.css

function my_plugin_styles ( ) {
wp_enqueue_styles (‘my_plugin_styles’,plugins_url(‘my-plugin/my-plugin.css’) );
}
add_action (‘admin_head’, ‘my_plugin_styles’ );

?>

2 Answers

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

Make sure you check the comments above your code. It gives you the handle aswell and you used the wrong handle. Also make sure you use wp_enqueue_style() instead of wp_enqueue_styles().

The difference in names is because most of the time there are multiple css files with different file names so the names in the enqueue function are different to point out to those different css files.

function my_plugin_styles() {
  wp_enqueue_style('my_plugin_css', plugins_url('my-plugin/my-plugin.css') );
}   

Thank you... I'll try it. I just wonder why the direct instructions from TeamTreehouse are 'styles' (plural).