CSS file not updating

[Historical Forums User]

Working on wordpress install. When I make changes to my CSS file they are not showing up. They will show up later(maybe like 5min or 10 reloads) I have tried emptying the cache in safari and firefox. My PHP files are updating just fine.

Thanks,
Aaron

[Chris Coyier]

Do you hold the shift button when you click the refresh button? That’s usually called a hard-refresh and it has better results than regular refreshes (in a lot of browsers).

[greg.mcausland]

i also heard of using a random query string to stop wordpress caching the CSS file..

something like

Code:

css/style.css?

simplified example but I think that’s how the method goes, maybe someone can clarify this.

[Hawke]

Try what chris said, it work pretty much everytime. I still prefer to use the ol’ good Ctrl + F5 though, instead of holding Shift when I click Refresh.

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