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wp_deregister_style()

wp_deregister_style( string $handle )

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Removes a registered stylesheet.

Description

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Parameters

$handlestringrequired
Name of the stylesheet to be removed.

Source

function wp_deregister_style( $handle ) {
	_wp_scripts_maybe_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, $handle );

	wp_styles()->remove( $handle );
}

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UsesDescription
wp_styles()wp-includes/functions.wp-styles.php

Initializes $wp_styles if it has not been set.

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.1.0Introduced.

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    Example:

    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'remove_default_stylesheet', 20 );
function remove_default_stylesheet() {
    wp_dequeue_style( 'original-enqueue-stylesheet-handle' );
    wp_deregister_style( 'original-register-stylesheet-handle' );

    wp_register_style( 'new-style', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/new.css', false, '1.0.0' ); 
    wp_enqueue_style( 'new-style' );
}

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