Title: Modifying theme files: functions.php is updated, not style.css
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Modifying theme files: functions.php is updated, not style.css

 *  [Prx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parneix/)
 * (@parneix)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-theme-files-functionsphp-is-updated-not-stylecss/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m trying to troubleshoot an issue (or at least what I perceive as a strange
   behavior).
 * 1) If I update something in my the `functions.php` file of my theme, the change
   is _immediately_ transfered to my website. ALL I need to do is empty the page
   cache and minify cache. That’s it. And I’m using Amazon CloudFront as my CDN (
   push method).
 * 2) Now, if I change something to my `style.css` file… that’s something entirely
   different. Even if I ask, as an administrator, never to be served cached page
   nor files from the CDN… the modification won’t show. I can empty all the cache
   I want, enable and disable the CDN, deactivate and reactivate W3TC… nothing will
   do. I’m still serve the old `style.css` I even try and purged the file from the
   CDN. Nothing.
 * Why would `functions.php` be refresh so fast and not `style.css` while both belong
   to my theme folder?
 * Thanks a lot!
 * P.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Prx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parneix/)
 * (@parneix)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-theme-files-functionsphp-is-updated-not-stylecss/#post-3471338)
 * CORRECTION: I’m using the pull method.
 * P.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-theme-files-functionsphp-is-updated-not-stylecss/#post-3471338)
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