Title: Converting CSS from wordpress.com site Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Converting CSS from wordpress.com site * [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/) * I am in the process of switching a site from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. I have done various CSS customizations over time to my wordpress.com site. I want to set up my new wordpress.org site to have the same customizations. I’m not really sure where to start. How different (if at all) is the CSS in wordpress. org? How can I figure out how to add the same CSS edits to the wordpress.org site? * My wordpress.com site is [http://audreyrosephoto.com/](http://audreyrosephoto.com/) My wordpress.org site (temp url for setup): [http://69.195.124.151/~audreyr4/](http://69.195.124.151/~audreyr4/) * Thanks! Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490854) * > How different (if at all) is the CSS in wordpress.org? * There is only one type of CSS and all sites use it. Static sites, Drupal sites, self-hosted WordPress sites, wordpress.com sites. It’s all the same. * > How can I figure out how to add the same CSS edits to the wordpress.org site? * Exactly the same way that you figured it out on your wordpress.com site but do ensure that you use a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) or a [custom CSS plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css) on your self-hosted site or you risk losing all of your changes when the theme updates. * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490864) * is there a custom CSS plugin that you would recommend? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490868) * Since you’re used to wordpress.com. I’d suggest installing [Jetpack](http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/). It has a custom CSS module and many of the other tools that you are used to having access to on wordpress.com. * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490872) * I see JetPack in my list of installed plugins. How do I use it? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490877) * See [http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/installation/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/installation/) and [http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/faq/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/faq/) * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490884) * The changes I make in Edit CSS using Jetpack don’t seem to be taking effect. For example I added this to remove page headers from display * .page .entry-header { display: none; } * But the change did not take effect. Any idea why? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490886) * What’s that meant to target? I can’t see the markup that corresponds to the CSS on your site atm. Try using Firefox with the [Firebug add-on](http://getfirebug.com/) for this kind of CSS troubleshooting. Or use whatever developer tool is available in your web browser. * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490889) * I’m not sure what you mean by what it’s meant to target. I just know that that is what I added to my wordpress.com CSS to get the pages titles to not appear. I am using Chrome. What is a good developer tool for Chrome? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490892) * You are using a different theme. You need to use different CSS that is specific to your current theme. * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490895) * I used Adelle on my wordpress.com site and I installed Adelle to be used for my wordpress.org site. So it should be the same CSS. Is it not? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490898) * Where did you download the theme from? Themes on wordpress.com can be quite different from the theme hosted here. * Thread Starter [smith8ar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smith8ar/) * (@smith8ar) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490906) * I installed it from the admin dashboard for my wordpress.org site. I searched for ‘adelle’ and installed it from there * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490907) * Then try posting in [http://wordpress.org/support/theme/adelle](http://wordpress.org/support/theme/adelle) Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Converting CSS from wordpress.com site’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [conversion](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/conversion/) * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/) * 13 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-css-from-wordpresscom-site/#post-4490907) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics