Title: Stop using !important in css!
Last modified: December 12, 2023

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# Stop using !important in css!

 *  [kiosov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiosov/)
 * (@kiosov)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-using-important-in-css/)
 * The plugin is ok. But the use of !important rules in styles (even though styling
   is disabled) is simply annoying! For example, in pagination. Don’t you understand
   that it’s impossible to style the plugin with a theme because of this? Learn 
   how to CSS withount !important, ffs!

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 *  [jqz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jqz/)
 * (@jqz)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-using-important-in-css/#post-17311666)
 * Totally agree. I had a theme that worked well with Events Manager 5.x. But now,
   with EM 6.4, I’m having to duplicate CSS rules to add `!important` along with`.
   em.pixelbones` in the selector. I’ve wasted tens of hours on this.
   I am still
   thinking of reverting to EM 5.x and never upgrading. For a new site, I thought
   I’d use the latest (and have now invested time in making it work). On existing
   sites, I will have to charge the customer hundreds when an upgrade becomes necessary.
   We are not allowed to post links here. Please research via MDN or suchlike for
   why you should avoid using `!important` at all costs.The direction you are going
   is both disappointing and worrying. It is worrying because it seems like you 
   have recruited programmers who have no idea what they’re doing.The CSS provided
   by a plugin should be basic, and the minimum required for it to work in any theme.
   Please consider separating presentation and content, and providing a separate
   plugin with the CSS (for those that would like it) from that with the functionality.
   Also, please use SemVer (semantic versioning), so that we will have some idea
   if there could be a breaking change in an update. A potential breaking change
   requires a new major version number. New features do not, however major they 
   are.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [jqz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jqz/).
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [jqz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jqz/).
 *  [tcmorita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcmorita/)
 * (@tcmorita)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-using-important-in-css/#post-17536717)
 * I strongly agree.

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