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# Highlighting author comments in your WordPress site

> Learn how to use custom CSS to highlight the author's replies in a blog answer thread in a distinct color.

Your [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/) blog posts may receive a large number of comments, and your response to these comments may be lost in the conversation. This article demonstrates how to use a distinct color to indicate the author of a blog post's response or comments in a thread.

To add customized CSS  to highlight author comments in WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

2. On the **Dashboard** in the left sidebar, click **Appearance**, and then click **Customise**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_appearance_customize.jpg)

3. On the theme customization options, click on the "**Additional CSS**":\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_additionalCSS.jpg)

4. Insert the custom css code to highlight author response in the comment section (under blog post) in the customizing Additional CSS section:

````.bypostauthor { background: #FFFF00; } theme={null}
```![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_additionalCSS_publish.jpg)

5. Click **SAVE AND PUBLISH** to save the changes, and author comment will be highlighted in a different color as below:
![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_authorcomments_highlighted.jpg)

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## Related articles

- [Add author profile fields in WordPress](/docs/custom-field-forms-for-user-profile-in-wordpress) 

- [Changing the author names on a Wordpress blog](/docs/changing-the-author-names-on-a-wordpress-blog)

 
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