Title: wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css
Published: May 20, 2026

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# wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css(): string

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Gets the CSS for View Transitions in the admin.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string The CSS.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css(): string {
    	$affix = SCRIPT_DEBUG ? '' : '.min';
    	$path  = ABSPATH . "wp-admin/css/view-transitions{$affix}.css";
    	return file_get_contents( $path );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/view-transitions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/view-transitions.php#L26)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/view-transitions.php#L26-L30)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_default_styles()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_default_styles/)`wp-includes/script-loader.php` |

Assigns default styles to $styles object.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_view_transitions_admin_css/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [7.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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