Title: Site loading wrong style.css
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Site loading wrong style.css

 *  [Marceline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marceline/)
 * (@marceline)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/)
 * I’m trying to make changes to a website, but can’t get the site to load those
   changes. When I view the page source, it says it’s using “[http://retrovolve.com/wp-content/themes/Retrovolve/style.css?ver=1.0.3&#8221](http://retrovolve.com/wp-content/themes/Retrovolve/style.css?ver=1.0.3&#8221);.
   How can I prevent it from loading that version of style.css and get it to load
   my updated version?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/#post-5243175)
 * If you’re not using a Child Theme, and if the theme doesn’t have a designated
   section of the dashboard for CSS modifications then install this Custom CSS Manager
   plugin [http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin)
 * Then use its “CSS Code” [section of the dashboard](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin/screenshot-1.jpg?r=704634)
   to hold your CSS modifications.
 * _Alternatively use your Child Theme style.css file to hold your CSS modifications._
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/#post-5243176)
 * ?ver=1.0.3 does not refer to a file name, it’s just something to stop the browser
   from caching the file
 *  Thread Starter [Marceline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marceline/)
 * (@marceline)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/#post-5243180)
 * That plugin gets the site to load my changes, but it breaks the WordPress backend.
   Frustrating!
 * I am using a Child Theme. I should have mentioned that in the initial posts. 
   I created it with the Child Theme Wizard, and am editing it via the editor under
   the appearance section of the WordPress dashboard.
 * The changes I’m making are showing up eventually, but it’s taking a long time
   for them to show. This makes it impossible for me to tinker around with the theme
   and to see what I need to fix.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/#post-5243255)
 * If you’re sure you don’t have a caching plugin ask your hosting providers as 
   to whether they cache your site

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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-loading-wrong-stylecss/#post-5243255)
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