Title: Multisite Custom CSS Author: Nick Halsey Published: December 7, 2016 Last modified: July 13, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/multisite-custom-css/assets/icon.svg?rev=1554186) # Multisite Custom CSS By [Nick Halsey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/multisite-custom-css.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/) ## Description WordPress core provides custom CSS functionality in the customizer that’s specific to the current theme; you can switch themes freely with each theme’s additional CSS remaining in place. This is particularly useful on multisite networks, where it’s often impractical to use child themes to save customizations for each site. Unfortunately, custom CSS is not visible to site admins on multisite networks by default because they are not trusted with unfiltered CSS. This plugin gives site admins access to the core custom CSS feature by mapping the` edit_css` capability to `edit_theme_options`, thereby trusting site admins with unfiltered CSS. ## Installation 1. Take the easy route and install through the WordPress plugin installer, OR, 2. Download the .zip file and upload the unzipped folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Network Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in the network admin 4. (Non-super) Admins can now manage their own CSS for the customizer for their site ## FAQ ### Why is the plugin necessary? Core can’t guarantee that CSS is properly sanitized when saving it in the database, and the associated capabilities for managing CSS are equivalent to those for posting unfiltered html. Site admins do not have this capability, so they can’t manage CSS as a result. However, in most cases this is an acceptable tradeoff for providing custom CSS to site admins, particularly on trusted networks (open networks are encouraged to take greater precautions and consider other solutions besides this plugin). Note that super admins can access custom CSS for any site on the network without this plugin. Because this plugin only provides access to a core feature for more users, all feature requests and non-capability-related support questions apply to WordPress core and not this plugin. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/043027b520781f370ea924fa0a7b0ddfa9f17e78c4418b49a16a921d9c44e8ee? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple & Effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-effective-217/)󠁿 [Kevin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kwickham/) January 15, 2025 Title says it all ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f51ea997daeae1bbd175edce68612565856b66b23a58fa673f8688a3302d30af? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works, network-wide or site-by-site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-network-wide-or-site-by-site/)󠁿 [Bigue Nique](https://profiles.wordpress.org/biguenique/) July 14, 2021 Works perfectly, allows admin to tweak their site’s CSS. I found that this plugin doesn’t need to be activated network-wide: you can let admins decide to activate it whether they need it. The custom CSS rules will stay even when the plugin is deactivated. They can always be edited by a network superuser. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/23b683420b605a7a88dede765f79b2c21abfe4127f057ffc0e7edcceda5d6853? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-13094/)󠁿 [mae234](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mae234/) April 8, 2021 It solved the problem. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aedff7b05b7f5ec75fc7ec62550f0412c4d5dc0eaed40dce591df74c8d9806f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great, easy to install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-easy-to-install-2/)󠁿 [hallcp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hallcp/) March 13, 2019 Very useful. I support a great many sites and several of the individual site admins were keen to tweak the CSS. This is a great solution! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c67f401b908b62f7a24b08aab671977df5816df9f32f4eddfdf707677906027c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-2658/)󠁿 [lenasterg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lenasterg/) October 4, 2018 Thanks for the useful plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/67e0c7f3ae6eabf2bfdb8dd40dc518853754c6bdee91e9b86f857e5d41876f22? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-4812/)󠁿 [samsk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samsk/) February 8, 2018 Saved my life. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Multisite Custom CSS” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Nick Halsey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) “Multisite Custom CSS” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multisite-custom-css/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Multisite Custom CSS” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multisite-custom-css) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multisite-custom-css/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/multisite-custom-css/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multisite-custom-css/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multisite-custom-css/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First publicly available version of the plugin. * Requires WordPress 4.7+. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/) and [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multisite-custom-css) * Tags * [css](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/css/)[custom css](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-css/) [Custom Design](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-design/)[customizer](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-custom-css/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multisite-custom-css/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Nick Halsey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) ## Support Got something to say? 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