Title: Add custom CSS
Last modified: October 4, 2016

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# Add custom CSS

 *  Resolved [byronyasgur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byronyasgur/)
 * (@byronyasgur)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/)
 * Is there any way to add css without hacking the plugin – I just want to change
   the typography for the displayed design a bit

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 *  [mwarbinek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwarbinek/)
 * (@mwarbinek)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8253044)
 * I don’t use this plugin, but with most anything that writes to the source code
   of a web page can be modified (to some extent) with custom CSS. I do this all
   the time when modifying WordPress themes and plugins.
 * Also some plugins do provide customization, either with their own custom CSS 
   editor or through some button selection interface.
 * Assuming your plugin has no such feature(s), here is a way to determine what 
   to edit via CSS.
    - Activate the Maintenance plugin in one browser.
    - Open a second browser (not a tab, a different browser)
    - Go to the website in the second browser
    - Place your cursor over the text you want to change
    - Right click and select “inspect element”
    - A panel opens and shows you what the name of the element is and shows you 
      the ID selector name or class names that affect that element in one panel 
      and in a second panel it shows the CSS style sheet for that specific class
      or ID selector name
    - You can change the CSS styling properties and values in the second panel to
      see if you have the correct one
    - Once the selector name is identified, and you see what properties and values
      it uses, you can now go to the custom CSS editor for WordPress and enter the
      selector name and values you want.
    - If you are using special fonts, for example from Google fonts, you first need
      to insert that font call into the Custom CSS at the top of the custom CSS 
      sheet and then refer to that custom font in the selector/property values, 
      otherwise you can use one of the safe standard web safe fonts that most people
      already have installed.
 * Does that help?
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [mwarbinek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwarbinek/).
      Reason: grammar
 *  [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
 * (@georgejipa)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8254302)
 * Hello [@byronyasgur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byronyasgur/),
 * Try: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-work-285/#post-8117449](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-work-285/#post-8117449)
 * As I said on that topic, in a future release there will be a custom css option.
 * Thanks!
 *  [mwarbinek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwarbinek/)
 * (@mwarbinek)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8254380)
 * I took his question to change the font, not just text color, at least that is
   what I am supposing.
 *  [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
 * (@georgejipa)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8256036)
 * Hello [@mwarbinek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwarbinek/),
 * I just gaved him a link to a solution (an example) about how to add custom css.
   I think he knows pretty well how to change the font. 🙂
 * Thanks.
 *  [Rubbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwdesignandprint/)
 * (@iwdesignandprint)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8256529)
 * Someone please tell me how to unsubscribe to all these notifications after my
   question has been answered! I keep unsubscribing on the left hand column but 
   it doesnt work!
 * 🙁
 *  [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
 * (@georgejipa)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-custom-css-2/#post-8266402)
 * [@iwdesignandprint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwdesignandprint/): [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternatives-to-503-error/#post-8266385](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternatives-to-503-error/#post-8266385)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).

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