Title: Using CSS in wordpress
Last modified: September 7, 2016
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# Using CSS in wordpress
* [ant02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ant02/)
* (@ant02)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-wordpress/)
* Please can someone assist me in understanding how to use CSS in wordpress. I’m
trying to add a contact widget into my pages gautengelectricfencing.co.za and
am using it to learn CSS and also how to incorporate it into my websites.
* Currently I coded the contact us in a table format without using CSS but have
written a CSS script now and am unsure how to incorporate it into the site. The
plugin which Im using to insert the widget into the page is “amr shortcode any
widget” and works well for the table but not sure how to add the css. The support
page recommends I change the style css file but what will happen when the template
updates,will I have to recode the file again.
* The code I’ve created below is what I want to incorporate into my site
* ```
```
* Please advise what I should add and where I should put the CSS file. I created
a test post [http://gautengelectricfencing.co.za/beware/](http://gautengelectricfencing.co.za/beware/)
but as ypu can see its not great
* Any help willbe appreciated, Thanks
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* Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/)
* (@anmari)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-wordpress/#post-8157772)
* if you don’t have a custom theme or child theme, where you are in control of
updates, then there are other ways to add css to wordpress [https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=adding+css+to+wordpress](https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=adding+css+to+wordpress)
* Before you add css though, you may not need to – another way to approach getting
the widget to look right when it is in a page and not in the sidebar is to try
parameters – see notes here
[https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/installation/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/installation/)
and the section on styling further down on this page [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/faq/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/faq/)
* good luck
* Thread Starter [ant02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ant02/)
* (@ant02)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-wordpress/#post-8158811)
* Hi Anmari
* Thank you for the feedback, im trying amr shortcode any widget plugin, would
you recommend I do a child theme instead. I’m not sure of how to do a child theme,
if youcan point me in the right direction please.
* Thank you
* Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/)
* (@anmari)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-wordpress/#post-8169839)
* You don’t need a child theme to use the plugin BUT if you intend to make any
css changes, then a child theme is a safer way to implement a site. As far help,
there is plenty out there:
[https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=wordpress+child+theme](https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=wordpress+child+theme)
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* Last reply from: [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/)
* Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-wordpress/#post-8169839)
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