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Do you want to add custom styles to WordPress widgets?
Styling your widgets allows you to keep your branding consistent and highlight important information for your users.
In this article, we’ll show you how to easily add custom styles to WordPress widgets without breaking your website.
We’ll show you three ways to add custom styles to WordPress widgets. You can pick one that works best for you.
- Adding Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets Using Block Editor
- Adding Custom Styles to Classic Widgets in WordPress
- Adding Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets Using CSS Hero (no code)
Before we begin, this article requires some CSS knowledge so you can style widgets. You’ll also need to add custom CSS to your WordPress theme.
If you’d prefer a no-code method instead of CSS, you can skip to method 3.
Let’s get started.
Adding Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets using Block Editor
WordPress widgets now use the block editor to add widgets and blocks to widget-ready areas and sidebars.
One of the advantages of using the block editor for widgets is that you can easily add custom CSS classes to each block.
Simply go to the Appearance » Widgets page and click on the widget where you want to add custom styles.
Next, you need to scroll down to the Advanced tab under the Block panel. From here, you can add a custom CSS class.
Don’t forget to save your changes by clicking on the Update button.
Now, you can add custom CSS to your WordPress theme targeting that particular CSS class.
Simply go to Appearance » Customize page and switch to the Additional CSS tab. There, you will see a live preview of your website with a box to add your CSS rules.
Note: If you can’t see Customize under Appearance Menu, then take a look at our article on how to fix missing theme customizer in WordPress admin or use the WPCode plugin to add your custom CSS.
Here is some basic CSS we used.
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background-color:#def4f1;
padding:10px;
}
After adding your custom CSS, you can preview your website to see it in action.
The problem with using the block editor widgets is finding the right block to target.
An easier fix would be to add blocks into a Group block to easily style them together. You can read more about grouping blocks in our guide on how to use the WordPress block editor.
Adding Custom Styles to Classic Widgets in WordPress
This method is for you if you use the older classic widgets on your WordPress website.
For this method, you need to install and activate the Widget Options plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Widget Options is a powerful plugin that adds extra options to your WordPress widgets. This includes the ability to show and hide widgets based on the user device, role, and other conditions.
The plugin also adds an option to add custom CSS classes to your WordPress widgets.
Simply go to the Appearance » Widgets page and click on the widget where you want to add the custom style.
In Widget settings, you’ll see an extended range of options. From here, you need to click on the Gear icon to add your custom CSS class.
Once you are finished, don’t forget to click on the Save button to store your widget settings.
You can now add custom CSS rule to your theme using the CSS class you just entered. For instance, we used the following CSS on our test site.
.latest-articles {
background-color:#def4f1;
padding:10px;
}
This is how it looked on our test website.
Applying Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets With CSS Hero
One problem with the above two methods is that you need to write CSS code. However, not all users know CSS or just don’t want to write code themselves.
In that case, you can use CSS Hero. It is a custom WordPress styling plugin that allows you to add custom CSS to your WordPress theme without writing any code.
First, you need to install and activate the CSS Hero plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, the plugin will add a new menu item to your WordPress admin toolbar at the top.
Next, you need to visit the page where you can see the widget you want to style and click on the CSS Hero button at the top.
This will open the page in CSS Hero editor interface.
It is a live editor where you can simply point and click on any item on your website and change its style.
Simply take your mouse over to the widget that you want to style and click to select it.
After that, you can use the menu on the left to style your widget any way you want.
This includes advanced styling options like gradients, typography, padding, margins, and borders.
Once you are finished, don’t forget to Save button to store your settings.
You can now preview your website to see your changes in action.
We hope this article helped you learn how to add custom styles to WordPress widgets. You may also want to see our pick of the most useful WordPress widgets for all websites or see our guide on creating custom WordPress theme from scratch without writing code.
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