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Is it possible/good practice to use <link href""> to include stylesheets outside of the <head> tag, or do they only work / should they be only used in <head>?
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The HTML <link> tag is used for defining a link to an external document. It is placed in the <head> section of the document.
The following elements can go inside the <head> element: <title> (required in every HTML document) <style>
Most browsers put it anywhere in the page, but just be aware that it only takes effect from that point onwards. Also, it's not valid HTML if you don't put it in the head element. Also, it's considered best practise to put it in the head element as it improves page render times. Save this answer.
The <head> tag in HTML is used to define the head portion of the document which contains information related to the document. The <head> tag contains other head elements such as <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style> <link> etc. In HTML 4.01 the <head> element was mandatory but in HTML5, the <head> element can be omitted.
It's possible to do it.
It's not recommended to do it, because whatever content comes before the <link> will start rendering and then when the stylesheet is loaded will be rerendered with the new styles. That means that the pageload will be slower (because the browser has to redo all that work) and uglier (because there will be this flash of content with one style that's then restyled to look different).
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