Title: prevent loading related.css and widget.css Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # prevent loading related.css and widget.css * Resolved [longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/) * (@longjorn) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/) * 4.2.2 is loading related.css in footer and widget.css in header. I am using a custom template with my own styling which gets changed now by the related.css loading last..?? Using custom php under ‘Display options’ I want to be able to display related post in my own style. Can anyone tell me how to disable css loading or how to override styles which are loading at the end and are set to !important? * Switching back to 4.2.1 now .. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [Abro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abro/) * (@abro) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4901965) * Took me a minute, but this finally worked for me: * ``` //add this to your functions.php add_action('wp_print_styles','lm_dequeue_header_styles'); function lm_dequeue_header_styles() { wp_dequeue_style('yarppWidgetCss'); } add_action('get_footer','lm_dequeue_footer_styles'); function lm_dequeue_footer_styles() { wp_dequeue_style('yarppRelatedCss'); } ``` * Thread Starter [longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/) * (@longjorn) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902023) * great! thank you, it’s working * [Sho-Down](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sho-down/) * (@sho-down) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902317) * Thanks! Exactly what I needed. * Plugin Author [YARPP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffparker/) * (@jeffparker) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902326) * By the way, we’re looking for YARPP beta testers. Please email us at [contact@yarpp.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/contact@yarpp.com?output_format=md) if you’re interested in providing invaluable feedback. Thanks! * [cabgfx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cabgfx/) * (@cabgfx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902336) * I’m having sort of the same problem as OP. * 4.2.2 is loading both `widget.css` and `related.css` in the header. I want to dequeue (remove) both. * `widget.css` is easily removed thru `wp_dequeue_style`: * ``` function my_theme_remove_assets_header() { wp_dequeue_style('yarppWidgetCss'); } add_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'my_theme_remove_assets_header' ); ``` * However, if I try the same approach for `related.css`, that stylesheet instead gets loaded in the footer, with the scripts. If I then try to dequeue it with` get_footer`, eg. * ``` function my_theme_remove_assets_footer() { wp_dequeue_style('yarppRelatedCss'); } add_action( 'get_footer', 'my_theme_remove_assets_footer' ); ``` * – it’s just loaded in the header instead. * I’ve tried dequeue’ing this stylesheet in both header & footer; tried using ` wp_enqueue_scripts`; tried both dequeue’ing and deregistering, experimented with varying values for load priority ([third parameter to `add_action`](http://codex.wordpress.org/add_action#Parameters)), but I just can’t seem to get `related.css` removed completely. * Any help/info greatly appreciated — and thanks for an awesome plugin! * _WP 3.9.1, YARPP (Basic) 4.2.2, Apache 2.2.26, PHP 5.4.24_ * Thread Starter [longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/) * (@longjorn) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902337) * the solution Abro gave above is working fine on all sites I use. just copied and pasted to functions.php and there is no css loading anymore * [cabgfx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cabgfx/) * (@cabgfx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902338) * [@longjorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longjorn/) – I tried that at first, copy/pasted verbatim. * That resulted in `related.css` being loaded in the header again (``, to be absolutely clear), which in turn sent me down the rabbit hole of trying every possible option for removing the stylesheet :S (With `wp_dequeue_style('yarppRelatedCss');` included in both functions being the first course of action). * Alas, no dice. Thanks though! * [cabgfx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cabgfx/) * (@cabgfx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902339) * Also, [@jeffparker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffparker/) – please let me know if you need me to start another thread for this issue. * Plugin Author [YARPP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffparker/) * (@jeffparker) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902340) * Casper, I’m not sure what to tell you. The code works for me and for many other users. Perhaps you’re placing it in an odd location in the functions.php file? * [cabgfx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cabgfx/) * (@cabgfx) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prevent-loading-relatedcss-and-widgetcss/#post-4902341) * Thanks for replying, Jeff. * That’s unfortunately also the hunch I was having. I’ll go through everything, to see if there’s some other code inflicting this pain on me 🙂 * FWIW, it’s a new theme I’m coding, so there’s only a couple plugins installed at the moment, and no weird/crazy customizations going on. I’m using the [Roots framework](http://roots.io/), if that’s relevant. Here’s the code in my functions.php: * ```