Cons of customizing your existing WordPress theme
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:39 am
The benefits of customizing your existing WordPress theme:
Familiarity with the current setup
Potentially faster, easier and more convenient
Maintains consistency for regular visitors
Limited by existing theme structure
If you want to keep your current theme, but want to get more custom options, we recommend using plugins like CSS Hero and WPCode .
CSS Hero is a visual CSS editor plugin that lets you customize your WordPress theme's CSS visually. This means you don't have to touch any code to edit your theme, but any changes you make will affect its CSS.
Who we are You can learn more about the plugin in our CSS Hero review .
Selecting a block in CSS Hero
WPCode is a code snippet plugin that allows you to add custom code snippets to your theme without chile telemarketing data directly editing the theme files. Whenever there is an error in the code, the plugin disables it and the theme is not affected.
The best thing is that it can preserve your code changes even when your theme is updated, so you don't lose your customizations .
For full details, you can read our WPCode review .
Setting a default fallback image with WPCode
If you need some inspiration to customize your current website, here are some articles you can check out:
How to Style Individual Categories Differently in WordPress
How to Style Each WordPress Post Differently
How to Add Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets
How to Customize Colors on Your WordPress Website
Option 2: Choose a new theme and customize it
Ideal for: Those looking for a significant change in design without having to deal with the cost of a website redesign. Or those who want to take advantage of the features of new themes.
Familiarity with the current setup
Potentially faster, easier and more convenient
Maintains consistency for regular visitors
Limited by existing theme structure
If you want to keep your current theme, but want to get more custom options, we recommend using plugins like CSS Hero and WPCode .
CSS Hero is a visual CSS editor plugin that lets you customize your WordPress theme's CSS visually. This means you don't have to touch any code to edit your theme, but any changes you make will affect its CSS.
Who we are You can learn more about the plugin in our CSS Hero review .
Selecting a block in CSS Hero
WPCode is a code snippet plugin that allows you to add custom code snippets to your theme without chile telemarketing data directly editing the theme files. Whenever there is an error in the code, the plugin disables it and the theme is not affected.
The best thing is that it can preserve your code changes even when your theme is updated, so you don't lose your customizations .
For full details, you can read our WPCode review .
Setting a default fallback image with WPCode
If you need some inspiration to customize your current website, here are some articles you can check out:
How to Style Individual Categories Differently in WordPress
How to Style Each WordPress Post Differently
How to Add Custom Styles to WordPress Widgets
How to Customize Colors on Your WordPress Website
Option 2: Choose a new theme and customize it
Ideal for: Those looking for a significant change in design without having to deal with the cost of a website redesign. Or those who want to take advantage of the features of new themes.