How do I override plugin templates and stylesheets?

So long as a plugin / theme doesn’t use the dreaded !important rule in their CSS files, you should be quite alright to include your own CSS, and over-ride their settings. However some very badly written plugins / themes do use the !important rule, which unfortunately makes it difficult or even impossible to over-ride their styling.

In situations like this, it’s best to find what priority level and name they register their style sheet under, and unhook it via wp_dequeue_style( $handle );. It works the same as registering a stylesheet. In situations that require this, what I do is just de-queue their style sheet, copy it completely, and then make the changes I need accordingly. This is the most upgrade-friendly method of doing it, as it does not require you to modify their files directly.

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