Instant CSS
Write your styles beautifully with the power of Visual Studio Code
4.9(15 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Instant CSS is a WordPress css plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
4.9/515 reviews
4.0K+active installs
14K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Use the power of Visual Studio Code in WordPress to write your CSS or SCSS
The plugin uses autoprefixer to parse your CSS/SCSS into CSS that will work on older browsers, no need to write -webkit, -moz or -o.
You can also choose to use SCSS, more info about SCSS here: https://sass-lang.com/guide
Features
- Use all the powerful features from Visual Studio Code
- Your CSS gets compiled with autoprefixer to work on older browsers
- Use SCSS to create efficient stylesheets with variables, mixins, etc.
- Option to minify your CSS to reduce loading times
- No refreshing on saving
- Live editor updating styles on save and have the browser update simultaneously
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
What an amazing CSS and SCSS plugin!
by Manou Allou·1 year ago
This plugin is really powerful, really well coded and full of useful features. A big thank you to the developer.
Let’s hope it keeps getting updated.
The Best CSS Editor for WordPress
by jonahcoyote·2 years ago
Super easy to use, dark mode, SCSS, minification. What more could you ask for?
Best css editor, when do u release the 2.0 ?
by jeyqreative·4 years ago
For me the best css editor plugin, like visual code but need an upgrade to be up to date 😉
Finally! A CSS plugin that supports SCSS
by netalys·5 years ago
I do not often write reviews but I had to !
Your plugin is just awesome ! I can write SCSS directly, there’s a live editor… What else ?
Amazing job ! I can not recommend more a plugin then this one.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by netalys.
Only affects Custom CSS, not Theme Editor
by spinhead·5 years ago
I don’t use the Custom CSS tool, I do all my edits in the Theme Editor (I create custom themes, so I’m working in my own code, not something that will be overwritten by a theme update.)
If this worked in the Theme Editor, it would indeed be the best plugin ever.
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 10This week: 45Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
92.3%
v1.1
7.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.2.2
- Fix bug in permissions
Contributors
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