Title: general question about functions.php
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# general question about functions.php

 *  Resolved [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-question-about-functionsphp/)
 * hello all
 * I am building a custom theme and would like to know if there is any “should do”
   or WP Standards about which functions should come first in a functions.php file
 * I am building a VERY minimalist theme, functions by now (and hopefully in future)
   
   are only a menu support, widget support, and bootstrap enqueuing
 * nothing more
 * Is there any rule to follow?
    or can i just add the functions as I like to ?
 * (I ask this because it stood that i.e. CSS rules have a cascading behavior… last
   comes first)
 * Thank you !!!

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-question-about-functionsphp/#post-5805645)
 * You should add your CSS to the style.css file and not the functions.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-question-about-functionsphp/#post-5805720)
 * Hello Andrew
 * This is clear, i std enqueue, I enqueue the bootstrap libraries…
 * `
    function enqueue_my_scripts() {  etc etc (i can’t post the entire function
   here…
 * but as for the sequence, like should I first (on top of the functions.php) begin
   with the menu support, or with the style enqueue, or with a widget support..
 * or isn’t there any rule at all?
 * Thank you
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-question-about-functionsphp/#post-5805730)
 * There’s no rule for this, and that’s because the timing of that is all controlled
   by your calls to `add_action()` and the action calls and weights that you give
   there. The order that you add these in your code is irrelevant.
 *  Thread Starter [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-question-about-functionsphp/#post-5805737)
 * OK I understand 🙂
 * Thank you

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