Title: Custom CSS
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom CSS

 *  [MarbleCake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weonsnonge/)
 * (@weonsnonge)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-75/)
 * This is a query/suggestion rather than a support request.
 * I’ve been using CF7 for ages and I think it’s great. My only gripe is that there
   is no option to add/create custom CSS to style things like the response messages
   meaning that you either have to put it in the theme stylesheet (not ideal as 
   it’s best to keep the plugin-specific styles with the plugin itself) or you have
   to copy and paste it into the plugin CSS every time you run an update.
 * Could you have a setting to either detect and load a custom CSS file or to insert
   custom CSS created with the WP Admin panel? This way the changes wouldn’t get
   wiped every time I update the plugin!
 * It’s not a deal-breaker for me as I’ll still be using CF7 but I thought it might
   be worth mentioning.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-75/#post-5149735)
 * It’s poor practice to make any changes directly in any of the plugins files as
   they will be lost whenever you update the plugin.
    ​ Modifying your theme CSS,
   via a childtheme, is a common and accepted way of modifying a plugins CSS to 
   work within the design of a particular theme. ​​ If you are looking to avoid 
   modifying your theme CSS, you could use one of the [custom CSS pl​ugins](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css)
   available.

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 * Last reply from: [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-75/#post-5149735)
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