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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes How to Make Child Themes

Simone Berzi
Simone Berzi
5,064 Points
Posted by Simone Berzi
Simone Berzi
5,064 Points

@import or a funcition php?

Hello, i read on the codex.wordpress.org that is better use into the style.css in the child theme folder this code: <?php

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_parent_theme_style' ); function enqueue_parent_theme_style() { wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri().'/style.css' ); }

than the @import for create the childtheme.

Can someone explame me why?

Thank you :)

1 Answer

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

It is better from a performance standpoint, the browser has to load the first style sheet, read it, realizing then that there is a second one to download, which is yet another request.

Here is more on the topic: https://kovshenin.com/2014/child-themes-import/