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I'm relatively new to creating a theme with WordPress, and I've been adding all the stylesheets (main and for each page) with the old echo get_stylesheet_uri();. But I find out that this isn't the recommended way to do, and instead, to add all the styles within functions.php.

Old method (working):

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_uri(); ?>">

New method (not working):

<?php
    add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');   //Posts thumbnails

    //Custom excerpt
    function get_excerpt($excerpt, $length, $more_char = '...'){
        return mb_strimwidth($excerpt, 0, $length, $more_char);
    }

    function theme_styles() {
        //METHOD 1
        //wp_register_style( 'main-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css');
        //wp_enqueue_style( 'main-style');

        //METHOD 2
        wp_enqueue_style( 'main-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
    }
    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_styles' );
?>

I tried both methods above and none worked. Is there anything wrong besides my bad English?

Edit (SOLVED)

Thanks to Nathan Johnson who found the error. I wasn't using wp_head() on my header.php, therefore, WordPress wasn't finding where to put the enqueue style. Rookie error.

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  • Is this a child theme?
    – kero
    Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 16:55
  • @kero No, it's the main theme.
    – Bruno Marini
    Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 16:57
  • Try wp_enqueue_style( 'main-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
    – Sally CJ
    Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 17:30
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    Do you use wp_head()?
    – Nathan Johnson
    Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 17:50
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    Please post the solution as answer, you or @NathanJohnson – because this is how this site is supposed to work. Thanks.
    – Nicolai Grossherr
    Commented Feb 28, 2018 at 19:43

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Before adding any file you must seperate your header.php file & add wp_head() function in header.php file

    // Load the theme stylesheets
    function theme_styles()  
    { 
        // Example of loading a custom css file for homepage just on the homepage
        wp_register_style( 'custom', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/custom.css' );
        if(is_page('home')) {
            wp_enqueue_style('custom');
        }
        // Example of loading a main css file on all pages
        wp_enqueue_style( 'main', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/main.css' );

        // Example of loading js files on all pages
        wp_enqueue_script( 'scripts', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/scripts.js');
    
}
    add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_styles');

In this case the js files will be loaded on inside the <head></head> tag. If you want to load the js files in ths bottom you must need to add <?php wp_footer() ?> on your footer. And then you need to call the wp_enqueue_script() this way.

wp_enqueue_script( 'scripts', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/scripts.js','','1.1', true);

This true boolean is the answer of the $in_footer parameter of wp_enqueue_script() function. ( See Doc )

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Use 

wp_enqueue_style( 'theme-slug', get_stylesheet_uri() );

Building a WordPress theme always use unique theme prefix for everything including function, class, constants, option etc.

Also, read the theme development documentation on wp.org

See https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/getting-started/

Updated (27-Feb-2018) Use unique prefix for your theme/plugin which avoid the conflict in between other theme/plugin.

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  • Having a prefix is good practice, because it avoids conflict, but it is absolutely not a technical requirement that would stop this working. You can technically call the stylesheet whatever you want, and WordPress doesn't register any bundled stylesheets that are called 'main-style' that would cause conflicts.
    – Jacob Peattie
    Commented Feb 27, 2018 at 9:15
  • Right, WordPress does not use prefix 'main-style' in the core. But, Other plugin/theme developers will use this common prefix (by mistake) for there scripts.
    – maheshwaghmare
    Commented Feb 27, 2018 at 10:13

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