How to Create Custom CSS for WordPress Editor

Are you looking for a way to create custom CSS for WordPress editor? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to create custom CSS for WordPress editor in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_editor_style('css/custom-editor-style.css');

The parameter of add_editor_style() is the name of the stylesheet relative to the theme root. It also accepts an array of stylesheets. It’s optional and defaults to ‘editor-style.css’.

This is an example of an editor_css.css file.

body#tinymce.wp-editor { 
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 
    margin:10px; 
}

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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