Title: Custom CSS not overriding plugin's CSS?
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Custom CSS not overriding plugin's CSS?

 *  Resolved [LeahGrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leahgrrl/)
 * (@leahgrrl)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-overriding-plugins-css/)
 * I’ve gotten some custom styles to work by using the Custom CSS plugin but not
   everything gets overridden.
 * I hate to mess with the actual style sheet.
 * Developer hasn’t responded on this forum, so does anyone else have luck changing
   the styles, especially when the event list is in a widget?
 * Thanks in advance…
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-list/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-list/)

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 *  Thread Starter [LeahGrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leahgrrl/)
 * (@leahgrrl)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-overriding-plugins-css/#post-7472768)
 * Here’s my workaround, in case it’s helpful to anyone. I’m not a developer, so
   you may wish to point out something easier. 🙂
 * 1. I use the Simple Custom CSS plugin, and so I copied the entire CSS for the
   plugin (it’s only about 140 lines or so) into the editor (Appearance-Custom CSS).
   Save.
 * 2. Then I went to the Event List-Settings page. I chose the tab called Frontend
   Settings.
 * 3. At the bottom is the label **Disable CSS file**. I clicked on the checkbox
   next to “Disable the “event-list.css” file.” Save Changes.
 * 4. Then I went back to the Custom CSS and manipulated the elements there.
 * Voila, works great. Although there seem to be some classes/elements not defined
   in the plugin’s CSS (like “event-location”??). I’m still working on that but 
   thought I would share a hack. I also think this should hold if the plugin is 
   updated and I don’t want to lose my style. (Though I would have to inspect the
   new CSS file to verify I wasn’t now missing anything important.)

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 * [Event List](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-list/)
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 * Last reply from: [LeahGrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leahgrrl/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-overriding-plugins-css/#post-7472768)
 * Status: resolved