Plugin info

Total downloads: 2,433
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/24/2020 (1831 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/18/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.7.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.6.16
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1831 days ago

20/100

Is External CSS abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1831 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.7.0
Tested up to: 5.6.16
Requires PHP: f

Languages

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Description

External CSS plugin allows you to edit an external CSS file through WordPress dashboard. All blog pages except admin pages imports the CSS file via HTML link tag. This plugin is very SEO friendly and decreases the network load.

Installation

  1. Upload this directory to the ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  2. Add the read and write permissions of ‘wp-content/uploads’ directory to the user of the web server
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. Open extenal CSS file editor through ‘Appearance’ -> ‘External CSS’ menu
  5. Edit the CSS file

Updating

External CSS version 0.2.0 and older versions have a bug that removes CSS file when updating the plugin.
To solve the problem, copy or rename wp-content/plugins/external-css/css/custom.css to wp-content/uploads/external-css/custom.css before trying to update the plugin.

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Changelog

0.2.3

  • Using wp_enqueue_style to load CSS file.

0.2.2

  • Spaces for following the wordPress coding standards.
  • It renamed wp-content/cache/external-css/custom.css wp-content/uploads/external-css/custom.css. external_css_activation function fix this change automatically.

0.2.1

  • Bug fixes.
  • external_css.php renamed external-css.php for makepot.php.

0.2

  • I18N.

0.1

  • First version of External CSS plugin.