Title: Custom TablePress CSS Files Not Recognized
Last modified: April 25, 2017

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# Custom TablePress CSS Files Not Recognized

 *  Resolved [FranBailey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franbailey/)
 * (@franbailey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/)
 * Hello Tobias,
 * I noticed yesterday that the custom CSS I have been using for TablePress for 
   years is no longer being applied. When I search the source code for my pages 
   it only includes the default TablePress CSS.
 * In the TablePress Plugin Options tab under “Load these “Custom CSS” commands 
   to influence the table styling:” the edit box is empty. It should be showing 
   my numerous lines of custom CSS code. However, the files:
    tablepress-combined.
   min.css tablepress-custom.css tablepress-custom.min.css are still in my wp-content
   folder with 0644 permissions and appear to include all of my customizations. 
   I see that they contain some warnings. Would this prevent them from being utilized?
 * I initially thought the problem might be tied to my reactivation of the Autoptimize
   plugin last week which optimizes CSS code. I deactivated it and emptied my page
   cache, but that didn’t make any difference.
 * I have made no changes to my theme recently. All of my plugins are up-to-date.
 * The most recent change to my site was my hosting company upgrading my site to
   WordPress 4.7.4 on Friday.
 * Any suggestions you have would be most appreciated!
 * Fran

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066317)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * That sounds strange. I’m not sure why the “Custom CSS” text field would be empty
   when the three CSS files are still there…
    As a first measure, please backup/
   download all these three files to your computer.
 * Then, please copy/paste the contents of the tablepress-custom.css file (those
   should not be minified in any way, by default) into the “Custom CSS” text field
   again, and save.
 * This should hopefully already remedy these issues. You might have to clear the
   autooptimize plugin’s cache, in addition.
 * Now, you mention “some warnings” in the CSS files, could you elaborate on that?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [FranBailey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franbailey/)
 * (@franbailey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066336)
 * Thank you, Tobias. I will try your suggestion and let you know the results.
 * The warnings include:
 * “The properties padding-top, padding-bottom, … can be replaced by padding.”
 * “Using width with padding-right can sometimes make elements larger than you expect.”
 * Fran
 *  Thread Starter [FranBailey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franbailey/)
 * (@franbailey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066416)
 * Tobias,
 * Your suggestion worked! Thank you so much!
 * Fran
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066455)
 * Hi Fran,
 * good to hear that this worked! 🙂
 * About those warnings: Where exactly are you seeing those? Are they really part
   of the actual CSS files? That would be strange. I wonder what put them there…
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [FranBailey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/franbailey/)
 * (@franbailey)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066581)
 * Tobias,
 * My file editor puts a warning symbol to the left of each line in question and
   when I put my cursor over it the message appears.
 * Thank you again!
 * Fran
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-tablepress-css-files-not-recognized/#post-9066975)
 * Hi Fran,
 * ah, ok. Now I see. So those are more like notices about things to keep in mind.
   Cool idea for an editor to have 🙂
 * Good to hear that everything is working again now 🙂
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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