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Start your free trialNatalia Karolinskaya
9,367 PointsStyling wordpress website with CSS
Where can I found information about hot to style wordpress with CSS?
Thanks
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Natalia Karolinskaya
9,367 PointsHi Evan,
I would like to change the styling of an existing theme. Thank you.
Allen Abraham
3,063 Pointstry using the simple css plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/
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2,395 PointsIn my opinion, and from what I've read elsewhere, the recommended approach is to create a child theme of the theme you would like to modify.
With a child theme, you are only overwriting the files necessary to make your changes — many are just a style.css file... The benefit is that the parent theme can be updated without overwriting your changes.
Treehouse has a video on this: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website-with-wordpress/customizing-wordpress-themes/how-to-make-child-themes
In the Teacher's Notes, there's a link to the WordPress Codex that has additional technical guidance on child themes.
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2,395 PointsUnsubscribed User
2,395 PointsHi Natalia,
Will you please add additional details about what you want to accomplish?
WordPress styling is contained within themes. Therefore, are you wanting to create a custom theme or modify the styling of an existing theme?