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Multisite Custom CSS

by Nick Halsey · Uncategorized

WordPress core provides custom CSS functionality in the customizer that's specific to the current theme; you can switch themes freely with each t …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
57 Health · C
Maintenance 25/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

57 health vs 57 average across 8,991 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.

67 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 34/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 734 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-46% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

117

now · peak 383

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

Multisite Custom CSS · #13621 Modular Custom CSS · #9477 TJ Custom CSS · #2461 Customizer Custom CS · #9732

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 727 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
2.0y ago
Added
2016-12-07 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
6.6.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-27 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
  2. 2026-05-20 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-05-19 200+ → 100+ down after 20 days in band
  4. 2026-04-29 100+ → 200+ up after 137 days in band
  5. 2025-12-13 200+ → 100+ down after 83 days in band
  6. 2025-09-21 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
  7. 2025-09-19 200+ → 100+ down after 497 days in band
  8. 2024-05-10 100+ → 200+ up after 82 days in band

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Multisite Custom CSS: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/multisite-custom-css