Title: Style.css or “additional CSS”
Last modified: January 26, 2018

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# Style.css or “additional CSS”

 *  [stevecorwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevecorwin/)
 * (@stevecorwin)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/style-css-or-additional-css/)
 * I’m starting to delve a little deeper into theme modification and I’m wondering…
 * Is there a benefit to addition CSS code directly to the stylesheet file or does
   adding it to the Additional CSS section of the editor do the same thing? Is there
   any speed differences, or any other reason I should do one or the other?
 * Example in point… I’m creating a custom page template, inside of which I’m creating
   a new div class so I can modify the content on just that page. Once I’ve done
   that and I add CSS to modify the class, where should I add the CSS?
 * Sorry, I thought I was posting this in the develop wordpress section, not the
   fixing section
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [stevecorwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevecorwin/).

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/style-css-or-additional-css/#post-9906340)
 * If you are working with an existing theme (not a child theme you’ve created),
   then the best place for your CSS is in the “additional CSS” thing through the
   customizer. Why? If you put stuff in style.css and the theme is updated, your
   changes will be lost. If you’re working in a child theme, then editing the child’s
   style.css is the way to go, as that won’t be changed if the parent is updated.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/style-css-or-additional-css/#post-9906408)
 * If you have a Child Theme and are still wondering which to use, I recommend choosing
   just one so that you don’t have code in multiple places. Which one doesn’t matter.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/).

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 * [page template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page-template/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/style-css-or-additional-css/#post-9906408)
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