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Load Combined Core Block Assets

Workaround for sites experiencing issues with WordPress 6.9's changed default behavior to load block styles on demand in classic themes.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.9 · PHP 7.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Load Combined Core Block Assets version 1.1.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

9 to load block styles on demand in classic themes. 0 release cycle with the following commits:

  • r61076: Script Loader: Fall back to hoisting late-printed styles to end of HEAD if wp-block-library is not enqueued.
  • r61122: Script Loader: Load block styles on demand in classic themes even when wp-block-styles support is absent.
  • r61174: Script Loader: Improve hoisted stylesheet ordering (in classic themes) to preserve CSS cascade.
  • r61554: Script Loader: Preserve original CSS cascade for classic themes when hoisting late-printed styles.
  • r61945: Script Loader: Refine hoisted stylesheet ordering to preserve original CSS cascade in classic themes.

e. not a block theme), this plugin filters should_load_separate_core_block_assets to be false. 9 where classic themes now load separate core block assets on demand by default.

0. 9.

This workaround should be temporary because there are performance benefits to loading separate core block assets. They can be loaded on demand just when they are used, as opposed to loading the large single combined wp-block-library stylesheet. Loading separate block styles on demand reduces the amount of CSS which should improve page load time.

Nevertheless, as explained in the dev note, some sites may be built in a way that fundamentally does not work with loading separate block styles on demand. For these sites, this plugin is available to retain the old behavior.

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  • performance
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Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.9 · PHP 7.2
Update activity18 Sept 20261mo ago

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WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1.1
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