Opened 5 weeks ago
Last modified 5 weeks ago
#64193 new enhancement
Proposal: Add official support for ltr.css in RTL-based multilingual sites
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| Milestone: | Awaiting Review | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | I18N | Keywords: | has-patch needs-testing needs-dev-note has-unit-tests |
| Focuses: | css, rtl | Cc: |
Description
WordPress automatically loads rtl.css when the site language is right-to-left (RTL), which is helpful for RTL-based sites. However, in multilingual websites where the base language is RTL and the secondary language is LTR (e.g., English), there is no built-in mechanism to load a dedicated ltr.css file.
This creates a gap in styling support, as developers must manually detect the language and enqueue LTR-specific styles. While this can be solved with a few lines of code, the lack of official support reflects a design bias toward LTR-first sites.
Suggested enhancement:
Introduce a standardized way to load ltr.css when the current language is LTR, especially in RTL-based multilingual sites. This could mirror the rtl.css behavior or be exposed via a filter/hook.
Benefits:
- Improved developer experience
- Better styling consistency across languages
- Greater inclusivity for RTL-first global sites
Change History (5)
This ticket was mentioned in PR #10458 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @asadister.
5 weeks ago
#1
- Keywords has-patch added
#2
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5 weeks ago
- Focuses administration multisite coding-standards added
- Keywords needs-testing needs-dev-note added
- Version set to trunk
Tested successfully on a fresh install and multiple upgrade paths:
– 4.9.21 → 6.9-Beta3
– 6.8.3 → 6.9-Beta3
– Fresh install with and without wp-config.php
– Single site and multisite (subdirectory and subdomain)
No issues found.
All checks passed.
PR is ready for review. ✅
Props asadister.
#3
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5 weeks ago
- Focuses administration template multisite coding-standards removed
- Keywords rtl ltr multilingual css theme removed
- Version trunk deleted
This ticket was mentioned in PR #10476 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @asadister.
5 weeks ago
#4
- Keywords has-unit-tests added
This PR adds official support for ltr.css files in RTL-based multilingual sites.
It enables WordPress to automatically detect and load an ltr.css file when available,
ensuring proper layout and direction handling for languages with left-to-right text
within otherwise RTL environments.
Includes:
- Core logic to detect and enqueue LTR variants of stylesheets.
- Unit tests covering both metadata registration (
wp_style_add_data) and HTML output rendering.
Props @asadister.
Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64193
@asadister commented on PR #10458:
5 weeks ago
#5
Closing in favor of #10476, which includes updated unit tests and resolves coding standards issues.
Thanks for the initial feedback!
### Summary
Adds support for loading
ltr.cssin RTL-based multilingual WordPress sites, mirroring the existingrtl.cssbehavior.### Details
wp_style_add_data( $handle, 'ltr', 'replace' )and'suffix'modesextra['ltr']and_css_href()for consistent file resolutionstyle_loader_tagfilter for extensibilityTrac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64193