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Styling Blocks

How themes enqueue CSS to style blocks

Themes use various methods to add styles, from legacy wp_enqueue_scripts (frontend only) to modern wp_enqueue_block_style (selective loading). Each approach has different implications for editor-frontend parity and performance.

Legacy methods like enqueue_block_editor_assets suffer from style bleeding and performance issues. Modern wp_enqueue_block_style provides selective loading, inline optimization, and automatic editor integration.

wp_enqueue_block_style represents best practice, loading styles only when blocks are present and handling both editor and frontend contexts automatically while avoiding specificity conflicts.

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