9 Best Add Admin CSS Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Add Admin CSS has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 9 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 9 closest alternatives to Add Admin CSS
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WP Add Custom CSS
Closest match4.8 (89) 60,000+ active installsAdd custom css to the whole website and to specific posts and pages.
Shares the css, style tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, no update since August 14, 2025.
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4.4 (30) 30,000+ active installsThis plugin allows Admin users to individually add HTML, custom CSS, Classes and JavaScript directly to Post, Pages or any other custom post types.
Shares the admin, css tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since June 6, 2023.
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4.7 (44) 6,000+ active installsA clean, simplified WordPress Admin theme.
Shares the admin theme tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since January 31, 2022.
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4.4 (35) 3,000+ active installsMaterial Design inspired admin theme with a customisable color scheme. Add your own custom logo to match your website.
Shares the admin theme tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since May 31, 2021.
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4.8 (30) 3,000+ active installsA clean, lightweight dark mode for the WordPress admin dashboard.
Shares the admin theme tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages
4.1 (21) 6,000+ active installsEffortless custom WordPress admin dashboards.
Shares the admin theme tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.7 (50) 10,000+ active installsSelect different Themes for one or more WordPress Pages, Posts or other non-Admin pages. Or Site Home.
Shares the style tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since March 6, 2025.
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4.9 (99) 6,000+ active installsFor bbPress - Lets you style bbPress, and add display features
Shares the style tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (21) 4,000+ active installsAllows to add HTML attributes to Gutenberg blocks.
Shares the style tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
Switching from Add Admin CSS: common questions
What is the best alternative to Add Admin CSS?
WP Add Custom CSS is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Add Admin CSS alternative has the most users?
WP Add Custom CSS, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Add Admin CSS alternative is rated highest?
bbp style pack, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 99 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Add Admin CSS alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Add Admin CSS score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Add Admin CSS on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WP Add Custom CSS is the closest match to Add Admin CSS by the data we track, and WP Add Custom CSS has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. UiPress lite shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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