Custom CSS and JavaScript
by WP Zone · Uncategorized
Also makes 21 other plugins · 39K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily add custom CSS and JavaScript code to your WordPress site, with draft previewing, revisions, and minification!
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom css”, “custom javascript” and “javascript” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
56 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 180.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 812 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 60 reviews, smoothed to 4.43★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Last updated 812 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| styles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stylesheet your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom css”, “custom javascript” and “javascript” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 10.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.2y ago
latest release · v2.0.16 · 12 Aug 2024
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 years ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Aug 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dshelton2.1y ago
I have been using this plugin for a month and it has really helped when you just need to try a small css snippet or two. I can quickly check out the code and get the site running without any trouble. I have not tried the JS side as yet as I have not needed it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jamunahernandez142.1y ago
Makes work easier. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by jamunahernandez14.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sloanthrasher2.6y ago
Works great, just what I needed to set up of special fields.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zamaan2.6y ago
There is no instruction weather we need to ad the script tag or not.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ serguei90902.8y ago
Thanks you for your help!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ feourives3.3y ago
Great alternative!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wow13.5y ago
CSS is Good but JS doesn’t work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DougMelvin4.1y ago
Not compatible with latest PHP for over a year. Not supported by the author. Don’t use this. This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by DougMelvin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.16 Revert changes related to the admin page slug change 2.0.16
- — Version 2.0.15 Introduce wpz_custom_css_js capability 2.0.15
- — Version 2.0.14 Fix: error on save “security token expired” Compatibility with PHP 8 Load minified files on admin page Change admin page title from h2 to h3 Add addons tab Admin page rebrand 2.0.14
- — Version 2.0.13 Add notice about new plugin, AI Image Lab 2.0.13
- — Version 2.0.12 Updated links, author, changed branding to AGS, Updated tested up to, Removed donation links, Added aspengrovestudios as contributor 2.0.12
- — Version 2.0.11 Fix: Issue with previous update if the admin JavaScript file was already in the browser cache 2.0.11
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.0.16). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2026-08-06 CVE-2026-66683 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.0.16 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily add custom CSS and JavaScript code to your WordPress site, with draft previewing, revisions, and min..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Divi, bbPress, LifterLMS.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,298 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom javascript", "stylesheet" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2020-10-25 20K+ → 10K+ down after 688 days in tier
- 2018-12-07 10K+ → 20K+ up after 600 days in tier
- 2017-04-16 1K+ → 10K+ 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).
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WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP-LESS 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
- C Custom CSS and JS 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Live Custom CSS JS Code Editor 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Custom JS 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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