Title: Adding Customizer controls using a plugin
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Adding Customizer controls using a plugin

 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-customizer-controls-using-a-plugin/)
 * I’ve got the same customizer code running as a plugin and as a theme (child theme
   of Twenty Sixteen), and they create different results.
 * The code in the theme works great. The section shows, everything saves, it’s 
   all good.
 * The code in the plugin adds the section, control, etc, but then it’s “hidden”
   from the list by the customizers JavaScript, so it can’t be used.
 * Does anyone know if or why there’s a difference adding customizer controls through
   a theme or a plugin?

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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-customizer-controls-using-a-plugin/)
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