Title: Editing the plugin CSS file
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Editing the plugin CSS file

 *  Resolved [TheNewAlchemist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenewalchemist/)
 * (@thenewalchemist)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-the-plugin-css-file/)
 * There are some additional styles I would like to add to the style sheet for this
   plugin (not the style.css files that is part of the theme) but cannot seem to
   find the file within the WordPress dashboard environment. I can see the plugin’s
   PHP file but there is no CSS file for me to edit. I suppose I could go to my 
   server directory and find the CSS file, but why can’t I edit it from within WordPress?
 * Thank you kindly,
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/column-shortcodes/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/column-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Schutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tschutter/)
 * (@tschutter)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-the-plugin-css-file/#post-4384599)
 * You do not want to edit any of the core plugin files (ever), because al your 
   changes will be overwritten on it’s next update.
 * Just either use it’s hooks/filter or overwrite the default styling by using your
   own theme’s stylesheet.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-the-plugin-css-file/#post-4384599)
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