Load WordPress Theme Customizer CSS via external CSS file?

[huphtur]

Looking at the HTML output of the theme, it seems that the WordPress Theme Customizer CSS is inserted internally (embedded on every page). Would it be possible to load this via an external CSS file?

I searched around but haven't found any solutions (nor plugins) for this. Am I the only one silly enough to care about this? It could potentially result in a slight performance improvement right?

[raamdev]

The Theme Customizer echos the CSS dynamically to apply any custom changes you've made (via the Theme Customizer) for things like font color, options, etc.

So, what would be needed, is a separate PHP file (e.g., custom-css.php) that loads any Theme Customizer changes and echos the CSS for those customizations. That PHP file could then be enqueued like a normal CSS file:

wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-customizer-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/custom-css.php', array(), '1.5.1' );

It would then show up in the page HTML something like this:

<link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-customizer-css'  href='...wp-content/themes/independent-publisher/custom-css.php' type='text/css' media='all' />

See also: http://css-tricks.com/css-variables-with-php/

[nathannicholls]

Hi Raam,

Great theme, I'm very satisfied with it and would like to thank you for your hard work on it.

I too would be interested in loading the theme customizer CSS which appears in-line via an external CSS file if possible. Will this enhancement be included in the next release?

[raamdev]

@nathannicholls Yes, I'll get this done for the Next Release. :-)

[raamdev]

@huphtur @nathannicholls The Theme Customizer CSS is now loaded via an external PHP file, which cleans up the main HTML source a bit. :-) I also have the dynamically-generated CSS loading compressed, so that should save on some bandwidth as well.

This will go out with the next theme update.

[nathannicholls]

Thanks @raamdev, great work :)

[expertsuraz]

`<?php
function bluth_custom_css() {
global $blu_css_options;

$blu_css_options = array(
'custom_css'                    => html_entity_decode(of_get_option('custom_css')),
);

?>

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I have custom-css.php file with above code now how can i execute it externally instead of header?

[expertsuraz]

https://gist.github.com/expertsuraz/0a9912b939f52453e30ef562ed336380#file-custom-css-php

[raamdev]

@expertsuraz I reserve GitHub for filing bug reports and making feature requests. Please post support questions to the WordPress Community Forum. Thank you! :)