John Regan

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  • This sounds like it may be an .htaccess problem. The issue might be your hosting provider. For instance on Godaddy, the .htaccess gets refreshed like every hour, so it can take a long time for changes to take effect. You might look into your provider’s policy on this.

    WPYogi is right. You shouldn’t edit Theme files directly, because if/when you update your theme, your changes will be overwritten.

    If you create a child theme of the theme you’re currently using, you can overrule the styles that are in theme.min.css.

    Making a Child Theme isn’t a difficult process once you understand how to do it. It’s basically creating a folder and a css file.

    In your wp-content/themes/ folder, create a new folder called my-child-theme (or whatever you like). Inside that folder, create a file called style.css.

    In style.css, put the following header, with the appropriate edits:

    /*
Theme Name:     my-child-theme [or whatever you want to call it]
Theme URI:      https://example.com/
Description:    Child theme for the [Your main Theme] theme
Author:         Your name here
Author URI:     https://example.com/about/
Template:       twentytwelve [Put your main Theme's folder name here]
Version:        0.1.0
*/

    Then, in that style.css, include the following line:
    @import url("../[Main Theme's folder name]/style.css");
    this will pull in the CSS from the Main (Parent) Theme

    …then add your css edits and save the file.

    After that, go to Appearance>Themes and activate your Child Theme.

    If that doesn’t work, first check to see if your style.css is being pulled in at all (between the page’s <head> tags). If it is, then your issue is with your css.

    If you still need help, I recommend checking out the Child Theme article, but if that doesn’t help, let me know.

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