Title: wp_enqueue_style – dependency
Last modified: April 28, 2018

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# wp_enqueue_style – dependency

 *  Resolved [Paul Guijt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-guijt/)
 * (@paul-guijt)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_style-dependency/)
 * I am experimenting with loading stylesheets.
 * test.css :
 *     ```
       .test { background-color: aqua ; }
       ```
   
 * functions.php:
 *     ```
               // Test.css
               wp_enqueue_style( 'test', get_stylesheet_uri(), array('style') );
   
               // Theme stylesheet.
               wp_enqueue_style( 'style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
       ```
   
 * Why can’t I see the aqua background?
    I try to do it according to the [Handbook](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/including-css-javascript/#stylesheets).
   Ultimately I want to load a stylesheet _before _style.css.
 * Thanks for any help!
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [Paul Guijt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-guijt/).

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 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_style-dependency/#post-10228853)
 * `get_stylesheet_uri()` is just a quicker way of saying `get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/
   style.css'`, so the `test` stylesheet isn’t getting loaded. You’ll need to call`
   get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/test.css'` to load the first stylesheet.
 * Second, you still won’t get what you want, because setting a stylesheet as a 
   dependency means that WP will load any stylesheets listed as a dependency first,
   so in your case, `style` will be loaded and then `test`.
 *  Thread Starter [Paul Guijt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-guijt/)
 * (@paul-guijt)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_style-dependency/#post-10229330)
 * Thanks, Stephen, just what I needed.

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