I understand this is so stupid, because absolutely there should be an answer out there, but I can't find it myself. In short, can you use <style> and <script> tags in the HTML editor, without any plugin or touching the style.css file? I am an author of a blog I don't own, and I would like to add custom styles on my articles. I try it and it seems that it doesn't work, but I would like to have a definite answer.
I understand this is so stupid, because absolutely there should be an answer out there, but I can't find it myself. In short, can you use <style> and <script> tags in the HTML editor, without any plugin or touching the style.css file? I am an author of a blog I don't own, and I would like to add custom styles on my articles. I try it and it seems that it doesn't work, but I would like to have a definite answer.
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Reset to default 3Mostly no, but you shouldn't do that anyway.
The exception, is if your user has the unfiltered_html capability, which is a dangerous power to have. Users that have this are admins on a single site install, or a super admin on a multisite install.
But, there are major security downside to putting script and style tags directly into articles.
For CSS, it's unnecessary, the customizer has a built in CSS editor. If your theme is built correctly, the body tag and main article/post tag will have IDs and classes you can use to target specific posts
For Javascript, this should be in the theme or a plugin. Entering javascript into the database opens up a security can of worms. If you must do it, do it via a custom field and some code, or a plugin. Don't do it via post content