Smart CSS Auto Loader

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ phillipbenson

   4.4y ago

   Spot on!

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2. ★★★★★ Bubbles

   8.8y ago

   We actually avoid using plugins as much as possible, so there are only a handful of plugins we install on every site. This is one of them – easy and flawless! Thank you!

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3. ★★★★★ tomreuter

   9.1y ago

   It does what it says – effortless. You can place it in your child theme’s directory to hold your installation clean. Very good and quick tool to display tables on your webSite coming from Indesign-HTML-Exports.

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4. ★★★★★ nina_bee

   9.5y ago

   Keep your HTML code clean with this plugin!!! Most plugin/theme with css customisation I tested add css code directly in your html code, which is a bad code / seo practice. The other option so far was to modify the theme css. However, this practice would lead in issues when updating theme in new versions. CSS Autoloader allows developers to add external css file(s) WITHOUT modifying the selected theme. 2 steps configuration : 1. Create a folder “cssautoload” in your theme folder. 2. Save your css file in the cssautoload folder And that’s it!!!! Result : it adds a tag in the head structure, such as : <link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’cssautoloader-a0681b9a98d7141bfe2716ded5c96bd9-css’ href=’http://www.[mysite]/wp-content/themes/sage/cssautoload/%5Bmystylesheet.css%5D?ver=1487868463&#8242; type=’text/css’ media=’all’ /> Bottomline, this plugin is efficient and simple, I love it!!!! New feature suggestions : have a folder structure to load specific css files per post types and categories

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5. ★★★★★ JarekM

   9.5y ago

   Although my theme features an “extra CSS” functionality, I prefer the AutoLoader because it loads a common CSS file instead of pasting the custom CSS into every page. Not to speak that I am able to distinguish between general-purpose and theme-dependent styles. Good job. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by JarekM.

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6. ★★★★★ rado.at

   9.9y ago

   Does what it says without effort

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2

Translated into 112 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 88 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-22 200+ → 100+ down after 640 days in tier
2. 2024-07-21 300+ → 200+ down after 259 days in tier
3. 2023-11-05 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
4. 2023-10-26 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-10-25 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
6. 2023-10-15 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
7. 2023-10-11 200+ → 300+ up after 15 days in tier
8. 2023-09-26 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B
• T TJ Custom CSS 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• C Customizer Custom CSS 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
• Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C
• Simple CSS 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Add Admin CSS 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B

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Smart CSS Auto Loader: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/css-autoloader