?ver=2.0.2 preventing edits to a wordpress file from reflecting in the frontend.. how do solve this?

Deleted member 1333509 · Jun 23, 2021

I'm editing the css of an element on a wp site, and when I use inspector I can see the source of the css for the element is https://something.com/somethingelse?ver=2.0.2

So when I make the edits and go to https://something.com/somethingelse they're showing, but the theme is pulling ?ver=2.0.2 so the css change won't show.

Any ideas on how to stop it from targeting 2.0.2 and just making it target the file without the param?

NulledCode · Jun 24, 2021

Your .css?ver=2.0.2 asset is likely cached which is why you are not seeing your changes. Are you using Cloudflare and/or a plugin like W3 Total Cache or a CDN? You will need to clear these caches to see the changes. You can disable browsing caching in your dev tools as well to prevent your browser from caching files.

Here's code to remove query strings or you can use a WP plugin if you really want to remove the version from static assets.

PHP:

function remove_query_strings() {
   if(!is_admin()) {
       add_filter('script_loader_src', 'remove_query_strings_split', 15);
       add_filter('style_loader_src', 'remove_query_strings_split', 15);
   }
}

function remove_query_strings_split($src){
   $output = preg_split("/(&ver|\?ver)/", $src);
   return $output[0];
}
add_action('init', 'remove_query_strings');

?ver=2.0.2 preventing edits to a wordpress file from reflecting in the frontend.. how do solve this?

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