Add Admin CSS

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Reviewers keep calling it simple and effective for hiding admin clutter without touching PHP files, though a couple mention support seems quiet and one hoped for a compatibility update.

1. ★★★★★ ellencarnahan

   12mo ago

   I really like to customize my admin experience, and installed this plugin to distinguish the icons when other plugin developers default to things like “post icon.” Seems to lack support but that is how it goes with open source plugins. Many thanks when it works 🙂

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2. ★★★★★ mikeecho

   4.4y ago

   Awesome plugin, works fantastic Well done!

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3. ★★★★★ ipchania

   4.4y ago

   Working great !!!

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4. ★★★★★ Jak

   4.8y ago

   Hi, I am a beginner and have no idea about CSS coding and wondered if someone can help with providing the CSS code to replace the footer color of the website with an image, thanks.

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5. ★★★★★ Topher

   5.2y ago

   This plugin did *exactly* what I wanted. A plugin had dropped some ad stuff into the Publish box, but it had a good CSS class, so I just hid it. I really like that the text field for holding the CSS is intelligent and does things like auto include closing brackets, code coloring, etc.

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6. ★★★★★ strettonbull

   5.3y ago

   If you get fed up of all the nag screens from themes and plugins nagging you to “Go Pro” etc, then this is a great plugin for adding css to hide them all. Really easy to use.

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7. ★★★★★ Hematoma

   5.4y ago

   Fantastic plugin, perfect for editing your admin panel. Not needing to deal with the hassle of php. files is great. I just hope this plugin gets an update for wordpress 5.7 soon as some things seem to not be working as they used to. Regardless, thank you so much Scott for your amazing work!

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8. ★★★★★ WillOfTheWeb

   5.9y ago

   Great plugin and simple to use.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2025-12-02 Version 2.5.1 Highlights: A bugfix release to address the overzealous encoding of some valid CSS characters introduced in v2.5. Details: Fix: Escape only the minimum of characters so that valid CSS characters don’t get escaped. Props 2.5.1
2. 2025-03-29 Version 2.5 Highlights: This recommended long overdue release adds a new filter for fine-grained control of whether CSS should be output or not, updates the plugin framework to the most current version (for hardening and miscellaneo 2.5
3. 2021-05-30 Version 2.0.1 Highlights: This recommended bugfix release addresses a potential conflict with other plugins that prevented the plugin settings page main content from being displayed. Details: Change: Update plugin framework to 063 Fix 2.0.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Add Admin CSS <= 2.0.1 - Unauthenticated Full Path Dislcosure ↗
   2024-07-26 CVE-2024-6547 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.0.1 Patched in 2.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 71 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 47 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-05-09 20K+ → 10K+ down after 203 days in tier
2. 2022-10-18 10K+ → 20K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
• S Scripts n Styles 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• T TJ Custom CSS 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• WpRedesigned – Beautiful Custom Admin Theme 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Mouse cursor customizer 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Add Admin CSS: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (35 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/add-admin-css