Title: Plugins & CSS
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Plugins & CSS

 *  [baszer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baszer/)
 * (@baszer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-css/)
 * Hello,
 * I want to change some CSS in the plugins. I did this, as you know when you update
   the plugin your CSS get over written and my styling is gone.
 * Is it so that all plugins first look in the theme folder for custom CSS files
   before using there own CSS file?
 * Or is this per plugin different?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-css/#post-2401812)
 * it’s all in how the plugin is coded
 * Some plugins load their own stylesheets, some don’t. Some allow you to turn off
   their css, some don’t
 * However, You can add css to your theme stylesheet which will affect the plugins
   output.
 * For instance, if a plugin adds
 *     ```
       <div class="plugin-stuff">
          <span class="plugin-content"> I was put here by the plugin </span>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * to my content, I can put
 *     ```
       .plugin-stuff .plugin-content {
                css: rules;
       }
       ```
   
 * in my theme style.css to affect the styling
 * If the plugin is properly coded, you can also ‘turn off’ the stylesheets from
   inside your functions.php using [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_deregister_style](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_deregister_style)
 * [http://vudu.me/4o](http://vudu.me/4o)
    Is an example of how I do that for contact
   form 7

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 * Last reply from: [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-css/#post-2401812)
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