Title: External CSS
Author: sakuratan
Published: <strong>2009-07-18</strong>
Last modified: 2020-12-24

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# External CSS

 By [sakuratan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakuratan/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/external-css.0.2.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-css/)

## 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.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“External CSS” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sakuratan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakuratan/)

[Translate “External CSS” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/external-css)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-css/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/external-css/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-css/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-css/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## 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.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.3**
 *  Last updated **5 ел ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.6.17**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/)
 * Tags
 * [css](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/css/)[seo](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/external-css/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ sakuratan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakuratan/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-css/)

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