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Custom CSS and JavaScript

by WP Zone · Uncategorized

Also makes 15 other plugins · 40.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Easily add custom CSS and JavaScript code to your WordPress site, with draft previewing, revisions, and minification!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
58 Health · C
Maintenance 24/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 34/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 89/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 747 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

580

now · peak 10.1K

58630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Custom CSS and JavaS · #1948 you WP Add Custom CSS · #669 Simple Custom CSS Pl · #352 WP-LESS · #1905

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · Aug 26

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.

59per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.0y ago

latest release · v2.0.16

23

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.16 · 2.0y ago2.0.15 · 3.0y ago2.0.14 · 3.0y ago2.0.13 · 3.0y ago2.0.11 · 3.7y ago2.0.12 · 5.5y ago2.0.10 · 6.5y ago2.0.9 · 8.4y ago2.0.8 · 9.7y ago2.0.7 · 9.8y ago2.0.6 · 10.1y ago2.0.5 · 10.1y ago2.0.4 · 10.5y ago2.0.3 · 10.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-08-23 · 1,430 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
2.0.16
Last updated
2.0y ago
Added
2015-12-18 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. dshelton
    1.9y 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.

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  2. jamunahernandez14
    2.0y ago

    Makes work easier. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by jamunahernandez14.

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  3. sloanthrasher
    2.4y ago

    Works great, just what I needed to set up of special fields.

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  4. zamaan
    2.5y ago

    There is no instruction weather we need to ad the script tag or not.

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  5. serguei9090
    2.6y ago

    Thanks you for your help!!

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  6. feourives
    3.1y ago

    Great alternative!

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  7. wow1
    3.3y ago

    CSS is Good but JS doesn’t work

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  8. DougMelvin
    3.9y 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.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.0.16 Revert changes related to the admin page slug change 2.0.16
  2. Version 2.0.15 Introduce wpz_custom_css_js capability 2.0.15
  3. 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
  4. Version 2.0.13 Add notice about new plugin, AI Image Lab 2.0.13
  5. 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
  6. Version 2.0.11 Fix: Issue with previous update if the admin JavaScript file was already in the browser cache 2.0.11

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. 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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Custom CSS and JavaScript: 10K+ active installs, 4.7★ (60 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-css-and-javascript