Title: Unstyled Arrows
Last modified: April 27, 2026

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# Unstyled Arrows

 *  Resolved [mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/)
 * (@mjh1)
 * [1 week, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/)
 * Sorry, me again with a different but related question. We recreated the slider
   on the live site in preparation for porting the rest of the changes from the 
   staging site to the live site. The arrows work fine on staging but not the live
   site (they are completely unstyled, no arrow image, etc.). They also work fine
   in the preview on both sites. The version of jQuery, the theme and the version
   of PHP are the same on both sites. I have tried everything on the troubleshooting
   page, but without success.
 * Here’s my question: have you ever seen a scenario in which MetaSlider didn’t 
   output the inline styles (#metaslider-id-xxxxx .flexslider .flex-direction-nav
   li a, etc.) or the pseudo elements (.metaslider.ms-theme-default-base .flexslider.
   flex-direction-nav li a.flex-prev::after) used for the arrows?

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 *  Plugin Author [htmgarcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmgarcia/)
 * (@htmgarcia)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893337)
 * Hi [@mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/),
   is possible to have a 
   link to your site?
 * Please double check Developer options > Print CSS is enabled. This is key to 
   output the base CSS.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/)
 * (@mjh1)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893383)
 * Print CSS is enabled.
 * The following isn’t representative, as the slider will be full width; I just 
   did a quick and dirty test page to try and debug the unstyled arrows:
 * [https://wilcoxon.com/slider-test/](https://wilcoxon.com/slider-test/)
 * Staging site with styled arrows:
 * [https://wilcoxon.com/staging/](https://wilcoxon.com/staging/)
 *  Plugin Author [htmgarcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmgarcia/)
 * (@htmgarcia)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893444)
 * How did you inserted the slideshow? This is key. As example: through Elementor,
   through a custom field, etc.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/)
 * (@mjh1)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893484)
 * I just pasted the shortcode into WordPress using the Classic Editor.
 *  Plugin Author [htmgarcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmgarcia/)
 * (@htmgarcia)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893490)
 * Understood. I don’t see an obvious reason why the CSS shouldn’t load. Did you
   generated the live site based directly on the staging site? I wonder if something
   got out of sync during the process.
 * Please edit the slideshow, click preview button and let us know how it looks 
   in admin.
 *  Thread Starter [mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/)
 * (@mjh1)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893551)
 * No, the live site existed before the staging site. There are a few plugin and
   database differences. I tried to disabling the plugins in question per the troubleshooting
   page, but no success. Being a live site, I can’t disable every plugin one by 
   one.
 * Preview is fine on both sites.
 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18893563)
 * [@mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/) Sorry, this is more than we
   can easily dig into with the free support here on the WordPress forums, particular
   with very old version of jQuery added into the mix.
 * This is a site configuration so that we can probably only offer accurate advice
   on by logging in and checking your site directly, which is an option available
   to Pro members.
 *  Thread Starter [mjh1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjh1/)
 * (@mjh1)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unstyled-arrows/#post-18894442)
 * Ok, I understand. Let me confer with my team and report back.

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