Title: WordPress Classic: Just modifying CSS?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress Classic: Just modifying CSS?

 *  [veracon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veracon/)
 * (@veracon)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-classic-just-modifying-css/)
 * I’ve just recently set up an instance of WordPress, and I’d like to somewhat 
   personalize it. However, I only need to skin the CSS.
    Is it legal to just skin
   the ‘WordPress Classic’ (Dave Shea) theme’s CSS?
 * Thank you, and great software you have!

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 *  [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * (@cypher)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-classic-just-modifying-css/#post-209985)
 * Absolutely, you can modify that. Though, what I’d suggest is to take the contents
   of the classic directory under /wp-content/themes and make a new directory in
   the same directory that you name differently.
 * Now make your changes in the new directory and under the Presentation tab in 
   the Admin panel, select this new “theme” as your default. This way you can modify
   it to your hearts content while leaving the classic theme around as a reference,
   if need be.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [veracon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veracon/)
 * (@veracon)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-classic-just-modifying-css/#post-209986)
 * That sounds great, thank you for the quick reply!
 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-classic-just-modifying-css/#post-209988)
 * And there are a lot of helpful tips and information on how to do all this on 
   the [WordPress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/), the official documentation
   site, especially in [WordPress Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons)
   and [Blog Design and Layout](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout).

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