TJ Custom CSS
by Theme Junkie · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 8.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily to add any Custom CSS code to your WordPress website.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
8K+
≈8.5K estimated
Momentum
+51%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “css”, “custom css” and “customizer” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.6%
of downloads still active
At least 8K of 223.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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 1466 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1466 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| customizer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| style your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “css”, “custom css” and “customizer” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 574 · 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
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
4.0y ago
latest release · v0.1.6 · 26 Oct 2022
7
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 “8K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wow13.4y ago
Great, works nicely! Thank you! However, search is not working as suppose to, and doesn’t work at all in russian if you have russian comments. Work around is to go to Custom CSS. But that’s different story. Pleasure.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jonatha6.8y ago
Fulfill your role magnanimously!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amandathewebdev10.4y ago
I was brought into a project after another developer. Usually I would configure my own stylesheet but this plugin was installed and I didn’t have to. Will keep this in mind for future projects.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ syzygist11.0y ago
Great alternative to Simple Custom CSS, now that it’s no longer being maintained. You would think there wasn’t much to say about a custom css plugin, but this one not only adds the usual Custom CSS pane to Appearance, but adds it to Customize as well, so you can preview your code changes without having to refresh and switch tabs. Love this feature! Generally a well-thought-out plugin, with scroll bars and pane expanders where you need them, numbered lines, a link to Mozilla’s html/css tutorial (which, let’s be honest, is friendlier than W3’s), and keeps the promotion for their other products unobtrusive and out of the way of functionality. The only suggestion I would make is to add an additional save button near the top of the custom css box on the Custom CSS pane, as well as the one at the bottom.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eka Y Saputra11.1y ago
Doing one thing and doing it good.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mykha12.4y ago
Simple but great and very helpful plugin. Had troubles using child with one theme I’ve installed, I’m using this plugin instead.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.1.6 Support WordPress 4.4.2 Change text domain to theme-junkie-custom-css 0.1.6
- — Version 0.1.5 Fixed some selecter being striped 0.1.5
- — Version 0.1.4 Support WordPress 4.3 Update language Sanitize output with wp_filter_nohtml_kses to prevent user add any HTML code to the custom css 0.1.4
- — Version 0.1.3 Tested for WordPress 4.0 0.1.3
- — Version 0.1.2 Fixed: stripslashes error when using customizer. 0.1.2
- — Version 0.1.1 Allow html entities in css selector eg. #id > .class 0.1.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 67 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 43 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily to add any Custom CSS code to your WordPress website."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 890 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 8K+ → 9K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 9K+ → 8K+ down after 153 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 9K+ → 10K+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1239 days in tier
- 2022-03-11 20K+ → 10K+ down after 919 days in tier
- 2019-09-04 30K+ → 20K+ down after 460 days in tier
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).
- C Customizer Custom CSS 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags C
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WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Modular Custom CSS 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Live Custom CSS JS Code Editor 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Smart CSS Auto Loader 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C
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