Title: Nothing Working to Version CSS Sheet
Last modified: July 28, 2019

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# Nothing Working to Version CSS Sheet

 *  [hastibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hastibe/)
 * (@hastibe)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/)
 * Hoping this is actually the right place for this question and to receive some
   help! (Originally [posted](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet/)
   in Fixing WordPress, and it was suggested that I instead [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-2/)
   in Theme: Argent, and there it was suggested that I instead post in this forum.
   🙂
 * I am using Argent as my theme (with a child theme), and I need to add a version
   number to the style.css sheet for cache busting purposes. I’ve Googled this and
   tried all the top hits for doing this such as [adding a version number](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_style/)
   to wp_enqueue_style, adding [this code](https://kellenmace.com/force-css-changes-to-go-live-immediately/)
   to functions.php of my child theme, [using filemtime](https://www.launch2success.com/guide/force-css-changes-to-go-live-immediately-in-wordpress/)
   as mentioned as method #2, and adding wp_get_theme()->get(‘Version’) as mentioned
   under #1, [here](https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/how-to-use-versioning-to-update-your-cached-wordpress-content).
 * None of these methods have worked, mostly having no effect, and then occasionally
   crashing my staging site where I’ve been testing this. What can I use that will
   work?
 * Here’s the relevant code from my child theme’s functions.php:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
           wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
   
       }
       ```
   
 * …And here’s the relevant code from the Argent theme’s functions.php:
 *     ```
       /**
        * Enqueue scripts and styles.
        */
       function argent_scripts() {
       	wp_enqueue_style( 'argent-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
   
       	wp_enqueue_style( 'argent-fonts', argent_fonts_url(), array(), null );
   
       	wp_enqueue_style( 'genericons', get_template_directory_uri() . '/genericons/genericons.css', array(), '3.4.1' );
   
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'argent-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/argent.js', array( 'jquery' ), '20150326', true );
       /* Change version from 20120206 */
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'argent-navigation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/navigation.js', array(), '20120206', true );
   
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'argent-skip-link-focus-fix', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js', array(), '20130115', true );
   
       	if ( 'jetpack-portfolio' == get_post_type() && argent_get_gallery() ) {
       		wp_enqueue_style( 'argent-slick-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/slick/slick.css' );
       		wp_enqueue_script( 'argent-slick-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/slick/slick.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.4.1', true );
       	}
   
       	if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) {
       		wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
       	}
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'argent_scripts' );
   
       function argent_excerpt_length( $length ) {
       	return 20;
       }
       add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'argent_excerpt_length', 999 );
       ```
   
 * Any help is appreciated! Completely at a loss, though I’m sure it’s something
   very simple that I’m missing. Happy to go through re-trying any of the above 
   methods, if helpful, too.

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11771525)
 * Your code doesn’t even put a version number on the one file it loads!
    The theme
   you are using is one that follows what I consider an anti-pattern, which means
   it does things in a way that is **not** what most people want.
 * Because `get_stylesheet_uri()` checks the child folder first, it will load the
   child file if it exists or fallback to the parent file. That means the child 
   then has to load the parent file! It also means that the wrong handle, version,
   and dependencies get associated with that file.
    Additionally, the first call
   to `wp_enqueue_style` for a handle will do something, but subsequent calls will
   not. So the child theme should load both child and parent files, with version
   numbers, or you need to go back to the theme support forum and get them to change
   how the parent style sheet is loaded, using the parent path and version instead
   of the child path and no version.
 *  Thread Starter [hastibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hastibe/)
 * (@hastibe)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11772577)
 * Ugh, well, I guess this explains why I found it so complicated to find instructions
   that worked to get my child theme’s CSS file to even load in the first place.
 * > So the child theme should load both child and parent files, with version numbers.
 * The Argent theme hasn’t been updated in over a year, and when I posted this question
   [there](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-2/),
   the response I received is that this was “outside the scope of support for this
   theme” and to try posting here.
 * So, if there’s any assistance you could provide with how to have my child theme
   load both child and parent files with version numbers, I would really appreciate
   that!
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11773358)
 * In the child,
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
         $theme = wp_get_theme();
         wp_enqueue_style( 'argent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css', array(), $theme->parent->get( 'Version' ) );
         wp_enqueue_style( 'my-child-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), array( 'argent-style' ), $theme->get( 'Version') );
       }
       ```
   
 * Doing this, the parent theme’s call to enqueue will have no effect, since child
   is loaded first.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_style/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_style/)
   
   [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [hastibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hastibe/)
 * (@hastibe)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11774018)
 * Thanks for the reply, [@joyously](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)!
 * I replaced the existing code (below) in my child theme’s functions.php file with
   the code you provided above, but it results in a “The site is experiencing technical
   difficulties.” error.
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
           wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
   
       }
       ```
   
 * I looked at the two reference pages you linked to and tried making various changes
   to try to get it to work, but couldn’t–are there placeholders in the code that
   you provided, which I need to provide the actual contents for?
 * In case it is helpful, here is the header of my child theme’s style.css:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Argent Child
       Theme URI: https://wordpress.com/themes/argent-child/
       Description: Argent is a clean and modern portfolio theme, geared towards creative professionals like designers, artists, and photographers. With its simple homepage template featuring portfolio projects, Argent aims to draw viewers right at what matters most: your wonderful work.
       Template: argent
       Version: 2.1.5
       Author: Automattic
       Author URI: https://wordpress.com/themes/
       License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
       License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
       Text Domain: argent-child
       Tags: custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, grid-layout, one-column, portfolio, rtl-language-support, threaded-comments, translation-ready
       */
       ```
   
 * …And here’s the header of the Argent theme’s style.css:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Argent
       Theme URI: https://wordpress.com/themes/argent/
       Description: Argent is a clean and modern portfolio theme, geared towards creative professionals like designers, artists, and photographers. With its simple homepage template featuring portfolio projects, Argent aims to draw viewers right at what matters most: your wonderful work.
       Version: 1.1.5
       Author: Automattic
       Author URI: https://wordpress.com/themes/
       License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
       License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
       Text Domain: argent
       Tags: custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, grid-layout, one-column, portfolio, rtl-language-support, threaded-comments, translation-ready
   
       This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
       Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
   
       Argent is based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2016 Automattic, Inc.
   
       Normalizing styles have been helped along thanks to the fine work of
       Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/
       */
       ```
   
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11774066)
 * I see it now, of course. I left out `()`.
    So where it says `$theme->parent->
   get( 'Version' )` it should be `$theme->parent()->get( 'Version' )`
 * Sorry.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-working-to-version-css-sheet-3/#post-11774189)
 * [@hastibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hastibe/) Moved to Fixing WordPress,
   this is not a Developing with WordPress topic.
 * Please use that theme’s support forum instead as suggested.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/argent/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/argent/#new-post)

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 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)
 * [versioning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/versioning/)

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