Title: Override CSS?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Override CSS?

 *  [squidz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squidz/)
 * (@squidz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/)
 * It seems that the CSS for the surveys within a post are scattered between two
   different CSS files within the plugin directory. wp-style.css and survey-style.
   css.
 * Is there an easy way to override these styles in our main stylesheet? If I edit
   those files directly, they’ll simply be wiped out upon updating the plugin.
 * So far no style in the main style.css has been able to override the plugin stylesheets.

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 *  [latte62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latte62/)
 * (@latte62)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211537)
 * Have you tried using FireBug to track down what’s going on with the CSS? It might
   give you some insight as to why your local CSS changes are not working for you.
 *  Thread Starter [squidz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squidz/)
 * (@squidz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211566)
 * Yep. I can easily see the styles and where they are coming from. That is the 
   issue. The form elements are styled by two stylesheets that are deep in the plugin’s
   directory. These stylesheets override any style in the main WP style.css stylesheet.
   So, you must edit the plugin’s stylesheets. When you do that, they’ll be overwritten
   every time the plugin is updated.
 *  Plugin Author [DCoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcoda/)
 * (@dcoda)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211588)
 * It really depends on the order of the stylesheets at to whether the plugins styles
   can be overridden.
    If your styles comes before the plugins style sheet i believe
   adding !important to the style attribute will give it priority.
 * For reference wp-styles.css is for things that a global to a number of our plugins
   where as style.css is for css for out survey plugins
 * This being said, out next version will have a big change in the way the style
   sheets are done, to allow easier targeting of elements from css.
 * Regards
    DCoda.
 *  Thread Starter [squidz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squidz/)
 * (@squidz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211598)
 * Thanks for the info. I’m not sure I can control in what order the plug-in css
   comes into the pages…or I currently do not know how to make them precede the 
   core theme css so that it might override.
 * I’ll try the !important declaration, but my understanding has been that it does
   not work consistently for Internet Explorer, especially IE7, which still is in
   heavy usage.
 * Your plugin is very close to what I’m needing. It would be a great benefit, in
   my case, to be able to locate the contact info collection fields to anywhere 
   within the survey rather than them being fixed to the top. Once a user has filled
   in a survey, they are more likely to go ahead an provide some required contact
   info willingly. When it’s always up front, before the survey questions, it can
   give the impression that the gathering of the contact info is really the sole
   purpose of the survey.
 * I’m actually surprised at the limitations of some of the survey plug-ins. I tried
   the WP Survey & Quiz plugin but it would always make the whole post it was placed
   in disappear until the user clicked “Next.” It’s admin interface and instructions
   are not intuitive and there is no option to have multiple choice questions as
   radio buttons. Seems odd and clunky.
 * Your plugin is pretty straightforward and allows required fields, which is functionally
   ideal. The issues, in my opinion are:
    – in the ability to style the survey easily–
   the rigidness of the contact info fields – some funky stuff when trying to re-
   order questions. Drag and drop would be a real nice usability improvement. – 
   For some end-users, the lack of data reporting in the Admin is a deal killer.
   But, with a minor tutorial on downloading a CSV and opening in Excel, that issue
   can be overcome.
 * Seriously, if y’all can add a few usability features to the plugin, I feel you’d
   be the leader in the survey plugin pack. I understand that it’s tough developing
   free plugins. But you could even offer a “premium” add-on package of some features
   and fund your development. An example of this model is the Subscribe2 plugin.
   It has a base set of features that are good for many users. For a one time fee,
   you can open up more advanced features. It is reasonable and allows the creator
   to make a buck to fund further development and offer quality support.
 * Even in a premium add-on scenario it would be much more affordable than say, 
   signing up for PollDaddy and likely would satisfy a larger percentage of users.
 *  Plugin Author [DCoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcoda/)
 * (@dcoda)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211612)
 * Thanks for the input.
    The plugin is going through a large rewrite, will should
   improve the ability to tweak the css. The main reason the survey is rigid about
   the contact details is without this the collected data would becomes open to 
   more abuse, and abuse results in the data being invalid. As to the data reporting
   this is just a collection tool as it states in the description. There are so 
   many permutation of reporting data this is best left to a custom plugin or spreadsheet.
 *  Thread Starter [squidz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squidz/)
 * (@squidz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211615)
 * Sounds great DCoda. Valid points you make as well. I don’t have a problem with
   the data reporting. It is easy to DL the CSV and coach clients to do the same.
   Keeps is lean and mean and doesn’t bog down the WP admin.
 *  Plugin Author [DCoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcoda/)
 * (@dcoda)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/override-css/#post-2211618)
 * I’ll keep your comments in mind about the !important attribute, and think of 
   a nice way to allow easy overriding of the the css.

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