Title: Custom Dashboard – Load css file from plugin's folder Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Custom Dashboard – Load css file from plugin's folder * [May_68](https://wordpress.org/support/users/may_68/) * (@may_68) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-dashboard-load-css-file-from-plugins-folder/) * Hello every one . I have a bit of lame question . I am doing a custom dashboard following a [tut ](http://www.wpexplorer.com/how-to-wordpress-custom-dashboard/) and I want to load a css file in to the dashboard.php . Know i can use the srtaight link for the css file’s href but .. because i will probably end up using this on ohter sites too because it is soo cool i thought that `` would work , but because it is an admin page , it seems no to like it much. plus .. im should be laoding this in the but to get the rest of the style and of the wp-admin u have what the tut advices . so o load the like ; * ``` require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-load.php' ); require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin.php' ); require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' ); ``` * and the footer like : `` * Maybe i have just been staring at screens for too many hours and my head is not working . so what whould be the best way to load up the css flie from my plugins folder ? * I bet if there are a milion post outhere about this but if any one can just point it out for me it would be magnificent . * Thanks Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [W.P. Ginfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/) * (@wp-ginfo) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-dashboard-load-css-file-from-plugins-folder/#post-3692127) * What’s wrong with going with ‘what works’? As you already pointed out… you know how to make things work the ‘proven’ way. KISS: Keep it short and simple. Leave the complicated, for things that can not be done any other way. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Custom Dashboard – Load css file from plugin's folder’ is closed to new replies. * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [W.P. Ginfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/) * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-dashboard-load-css-file-from-plugins-folder/#post-3692127) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics