Add Styles and Scripts to a WordPress child theme

Load WordPress scripts and styles the right way, by adding the following code to functions.php.

<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue' );
function enqueue() {
    // stylesheet from the parent theme
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri().'/style.css' );
    // child theme style.css
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
    // child theme css and scripts
    wp_enqueue_style( 'child-theme-style', get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/css/theme.css' );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'child-theme-scripts', get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/js/theme.js' );
}
?>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

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