Overview
Compatibility
Customer support & learning resources
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Main benefits
Load additional CSS files
No theme changes needed
Supports multiple media types
Theme and child theme support
No data collection
About this plugin
Author: Peter Raschendorfer
Categories: Design and Customization
Version: 5.0.3
Last updated: 17-04-2024
WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.3.5
PHP version required: 5.4
Languages: Deutsch, Español [+2]
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Overview
The Smart CSS Auto Loader Plugin is designed to simplify the process of loading additional CSS files into your WordPress site without making direct modifications to your theme. Although development, maintenance, and support for this plugin were retired in October 2023, it remains functional for users willing to manage it themselves. The plugin offers a straightforward method for integrating custom CSS by placing stylesheets into a specific directory named 'cssautoload', which can exist in various locations such as the wp-content directory, theme directory, or child theme directory. It also supports different media types through dedicated subdirectories, allowing for responsive design adaptations. The plugin is privacy-focused, ensuring no cookies are set, and no data is collected or sent to external servers.
Easy CSS Management
- Allows loading additional CSS files without changing the theme.
- Supports theme-independent, theme-dependent, and child theme-dependent CSS loading.
Media-Specific CSS
- Supports different CSS media types for various devices.
- Allows organizing CSS files in subdirectories for specific media types like screen, print, and handheld.
Simple Usage
- Just place CSS files in a directory named cssautoload.
- Only .css files are added, and files starting with an underscore are ignored.
Privacy-Friendly
- Does not set cookies.
- Does not collect or store any data.
- Does not send any data to external servers.
Rating and reviews
phillipbenson
17 Apr, 2022
Spot on!
Bubbles
04 Nov, 2017
We actually avoid using plugins as much as possible, so there are only a handful of plugins we install on every site. This is one of them – easy and flawless!
Thank you!
tomreuter
10 Jul, 2017
It does what it says – effortless. You can place it in your child theme’s directory to hold your installation clean.
Very good and quick tool to display tables on your webSite coming from Indesign-HTML-Exports.
nina_bee
23 Feb, 2017
Keep your HTML code clean with this plugin!!!
Most plugin/theme with css customisation I tested add css code directly in your html code, which is a bad code / seo practice. The other option so far was to modify the theme css. However, this practice would lead in issues when updating theme in new versions.
CSS Autoloader allows developers to add external css file(s) WITHOUT modifying the selected theme.
2 steps configuration :
1. Create a folder “cssautoload” in your theme folder.
2. Save your css file in the cssautoload folder
And that’s it!!!!
Result : it adds a tag in the head structure, such as : <link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’cssautoloader-a0681b9a98d7141bfe2716ded5c96bd9-css’ href=’http://www.[mysite]/wp-content/themes/sage/cssautoload/%5Bmystylesheet.css%5D?ver=1487868463′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
Bottomline, this plugin is efficient and simple, I love it!!!!
New feature suggestions :
have a folder structure to load specific css files per post types and categories
JarekM
19 Feb, 2017
Although my theme features an “extra CSS” functionality, I prefer the AutoLoader because it loads a common CSS file instead of pasting the custom CSS into every page. Not to speak that I am able to distinguish between general-purpose and theme-dependent styles. Good job.
This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by JarekM.
