WordPress load dynamic css only on frontend

My problem is that I use dynamic css file in the WordPress theme that is loaded with Ajax. However, it loads this same dynamic css file for backend also. How do I modify my code that it loads dynamic css file only for frontend, not for the backend. Here’s my code:

wp_enqueue_style('dynamic-css',
admin_url('admin-ajax.php?action=dynamic_css'));

function dynaminc_css() {
    require(get_template_directory().'/dynamic-css.php');
    exit;
}

add_action( 'wp_ajax_dynamic_css', 'dynaminc_css' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_dynamic_css', 'dynaminc_css' );

}

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2 comments

  1. Here’s a working example with inline comments:

    <?php
    /*
    Plugin Name: Dynamic CSS using Ajax
    Plugin URI: https://github.com/soderlind/
    Description:
    Author: Per Soderlind
    Version: 0.1.0
    Author URI: http://soderlind.no
    */
    if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
        die( 'Cheating, are we?' );
    }
    define( 'DYNAMICCSS_VERSION', '0.1.0' );
    
    function dynamic_css_enqueue() {
        wp_enqueue_style( 'dynamic-flags', admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ).'?action=dynamic_css&_wpnonce=' . wp_create_nonce( 'dynamic-css-nonce' ), false,  DYNAMICCSS_VERSION );
    }
    
    function dynamic_css() { // Don't wrap function dynamic_css() in if(!is_admin()){ , the call from admin-ajax.php will be from admin
        $nonce = $_REQUEST['_wpnonce'];
        if ( ! wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, 'dynamic-css-nonce' ) ) {
            die( 'invalid nonce' );
        } else {
            /**
             * NOTE: Using require or include to call an URL ,created by plugins_url() or get_template_directory(), can create the following error:
             *       Warning: require(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_include=0
             *       Warning: require(http://domain/path/flags/css.php): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found
             *       Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'http://domain/path/css.php'
             */
            require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/css.php'; //use echo, printf etc in css.php and write to standard out.
        }
        exit;
    }
    
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_dynamic_css', 'dynamic_css' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_dynamic_css', 'dynamic_css' );
    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'dynamic_css_enqueue' ); //wp_enqueue_scripts = load on front-end
    
  2. The is_admin() function is what you are looking for

    if(!is_admin()){
        wp_enqueue_style('dynamic-css',
        admin_url('admin-ajax.php?action=dynamic_css'));
    
        function dynaminc_css() {
            require(get_template_directory().'/dynamic-css.php');
            exit;
        }
    
        add_action( 'wp_ajax_dynamic_css', 'dynaminc_css' );
        add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_dynamic_css', 'dynaminc_css' );
    }
    

    Anything inside there will only execute if not in the administration panel.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_admin