Title: Underscores Cannot recognize header.php and footer.php
Last modified: May 17, 2020

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# Underscores Cannot recognize header.php and footer.php

 *  Resolved [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/)
 * (@juuhachigo)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/)
 * Hi all,
 * it’s exactly what it says on the tin :).
 * I’ve been using Undescores for a very long time now, and I’ve never had a serious
   problem with it… until now.
    I am using version 5.4.1 with a local XAMPP installation,
   because I want to have my new blog fully operational from the moment it goes 
   live. I have customised header, footer and the CSS file, but it seems that only
   index.php recognizes my custom header and footer. The other parts (single.php,
   archive.php etc.) won’t take it. I have tried everything and still got no result
   at all. Example screenshots here:
 * [[
 * [[
 * has anything like that ever happened to anyone before? can it be a simple media
   query problem?
 * PS: yeah, I know the style looks like crap, but it’s still a WIP thing XD
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/#post-12844753)
 * Last I looked at underscores, it doesn’t load any CSS file. It looks like your
   second two screenshots have no CSS applied.
    We can’t debug your theme from a
   screenshot, though. You will need to work through it. Have you read the [Theme Developer Handbook](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/)?
 *  Thread Starter [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/)
 * (@juuhachigo)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/#post-12844873)
 * Thank you so much. Yes, that sems to be the problem, but the thing is, Underscores
   does load the css file via
 *     ```
       function cartabianca_scripts() {
       	wp_enqueue_style( 'cartabianca-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), array(), _S_VERSION );
       	wp_style_add_data( 'cartabianca-style', 'rtl', 'replace' );
   
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'cartabianca-navigation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/navigation.js', array(), _S_VERSION, true );
   
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'cartabianca-skip-link-focus-fix', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js', array(), _S_VERSION, true );
   
       	if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) {
       		wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
       	}
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'cartabianca_scripts' );
       ```
   
 * Judging from the pink on the links in the theme’s sngle post, I gather it recognized
   some of it… I’ll recheck the whole code again and let you guys know!
 * EDIT: I looked at my header and footer files and, as you can see in the single.
   php screenshot, the footer is evidently different: it’s the standard Underscores
   one, rather than the Lorem Ipsum I customized myself, but it still retains some
   of the css I spcified, so it’s not strictly a CSS problem.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years ago by [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years ago by [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/).
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/#post-12846182)
 * Are you calling `get_header()` and `get_footer()` in single.php and archive.php?
   
   And do those have the `wp_head()` and `wp_footer()` calls in them? (that’s where
   the scripts and styles are output)
 * When you say that you see the standard underscores footer instead of the one 
   you customized, does that mean that there are two copies of the file? Are you
   making a child theme? Are you using a cache?
 *  Thread Starter [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/)
 * (@juuhachigo)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/#post-12847560)
 * 1) Yes, in both files.
    2) Yup to that as well 3) I have tried modifying header
   and footer, so that I could use `get_header()` and `get_footer()`, and also tried
   using `get_header('custom')` and `get_footer('custom')` . Neither seemed to work.
   4) No, I didn’t use a child theme and I honestly don’t know whether I was using
   a cache, but I managed to fix it and it did seem to be some kind of cache problem.
   Apparently, WordPress wasn’t recognizing the various files as part of the theme,
   but I accessed the dashboard > Settings, updated the permalinks and it suddenly
   started working °_°. I’ve never seen anything like that before, ever.

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 * [footer.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/footer-php/)
 * [header.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header-php/)
 * [underscores](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/underscores/)

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 * Last reply from: [juuhachigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juuhachigo/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscores-cannot-recognize-header-php-and-footer-php/#post-12847560)
 * Status: resolved

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