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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes Customizing WordPress Theme Files

David Richied
David Richied
18,057 Points
Posted by David Richied
David Richied
18,057 Points

WordPress Not Updating after Edit

I am stumped. WordPress does not seem to be updating the changes I make to the style.css files. Has anyone else encountered this? I managed to change the background color of the "twenty fifteen" theme to blue, and it correctly updated. Then, I edited it back to normal, but it still sees the old style.css with the blue background. Right now, it seems to be getting the css from http://structurednotesonline.com/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css?ver=4.2.4 which shows body {background: blue}, but I can see that the style.css in the WordPress Editor is body {background: f1f1f1}. Does anyone know why it would be looking at the wrong CSS file?

1 Answer

richardwheeler
richardwheeler
8,332 Points
richardwheeler
richardwheeler
8,332 Points

David, did you happen to save a copy of exactly what it was before hand? Also, did you perhaps change anything else along with it?

David Richied
David Richied
18,057 Points
David Richied
David Richied
18,057 Points

I kind of figured out what is going on. WordPress seems to be looking at a different file called style.css?ver=4.2.4 (now style.css?ver=4.3) instead of just style.css. WordPress eventually updates the first file with the new information, but it does take a pretty long time to update. If you have used WordPress before, have you experienced anything like this or do your changes take effect immediately?

David Odum
David Odum
1,860 Points
David Odum
David Odum
1,860 Points

I'm experiencing this same thing. Is there any way to have the changes update immediately?