WordPress
Microthemer & Amender
We picked Microthemer and Amender because together they cover a real gap in WordPress: styling and content tweaks that normally require custom code or risky theme edits. Microthemer gives non‑coders and developers a fast way to handle CSS, responsiveness, and Google Fonts, while Amender lets you safely adjust third‑party plugin output, WooCommerce pages, and complex layouts at the final page output layer. Their focus on non-destructive edits, performance, and clear rollback options makes them a practical choice for teams managing many WordPress sites.
Themeover sells Microthemer and Amender on a subscription model with options such as monthly and yearly plans, plus an unlimited lifetime license for Microthemer. Free trials are available, and some plans allow you to test changes in draft mode before paying to go live.
Themeover offers a 30‑day money‑back guarantee for both Microthemer and Amender. Amender also provides a free trial where you can make and test edits in draft mode and only pay if you decide to publish changes.
Microthemer appears to be a mature, established WordPress CSS editor with a substantial installed base and years of user feedback reflected in testimonials and documentation. Amender is a newer companion tool, but it builds on the same interface concepts and WordPress focus, with detailed feature pages and technical explanations that suggest active, ongoing development. Together they sit in the “growing/stable” to “mature” range for WordPress customization tools.
- Microthemer is described on the official site as being “trusted by over 35,000 sites.”
- The Microthemer page highlights multiple long-standing user testimonials from WordPress site builders and developers.
- Both products emphasize “famously good support” and reference an active support forum.
- The company states typical support response times of 24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours on weekends.
- Microthemer lets you visually style any part of a WordPress site—headers, footers, blocks, theme templates, and plugin output—using a point‑and‑click CSS editor instead of writing code.
- It supports live CSS editing so changes from the visual controls, AI assistant, or code editor appear instantly, helping you iterate faster on real pages.
- Amender allows you to modify any WordPress content (text, HTML, JavaScript) at the final page output layer, even when it originates from third‑party themes, plugins, or builders.
- Amender logs each change, showing exactly what was added, removed, or updated so you maintain transparency and can revert or review edits easily.
- Microthemer integrates deeply with Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Oxygen, letting you work in a single browser tab while styling builder content.
- It also offers “shallow” integrations with builders such as Breakdance, Bricks, Brizy, Divi, OptimizePress, Thrive Architect, WP Page Builder, and Zion, keeping styles in sync across tabs.
- Amender works alongside your existing page builders, WooCommerce, and plugins by editing the rendered HTML, rather than replacing your current tools.
- Microthemer automatically organizes CSS into page‑specific folders and delays non‑critical styles for below‑the‑fold content, helping optimize page speed without extra setup.
- Amender can run changes server‑side or in the browser and trigger JavaScript functions on events like click, hover, or scroll, so you can automate interactive behaviors without boilerplate code.
- Amender provides page‑level logs that include change history, page speed timings, and code usage, giving you visibility into how your amends affect performance and behavior.
- Microthemer offers 150+ styling options, including animations, transitions, filters, flexbox, CSS grid, typography, spacing, and backgrounds, so you can fully control designs while still switching to raw CSS or Sass when needed.
- Its drag‑and‑drop CSS grid builder lets you visually define rows and columns, then position content precisely for complex layouts.
- Microthemer supports custom responsive breakpoints and device previews, helping you fine‑tune mobile and tablet views quickly.
- Amender lets you target elements with actions like replace:text, add:class, remove:html, and more, enabling fine‑grained HTML and layout customizations without editing core theme files.
- Amender supports live Tailwind class editing, allowing you to apply utility‑first styling directly to elements and see results immediately.
- Microthemer and Amender make non‑destructive changes that do not modify core WordPress or theme files, reducing the risk of breaking updates.
- Both tools support uninstalling the main plugin while keeping your edits active via a lightweight “Microloader” plugin or frontend file, helping keep production environments lean.
- Amender is designed to be lightweight, with a small JavaScript client, fast server‑side processing, and a single database query, and can help you remove unused HTML/CSS/JS or lazyload heavy assets for better performance.
- Freelance WordPress designers who want to style client sites visually, handle responsive tweaks, and avoid writing large amounts of custom CSS from scratch.
- Small agencies managing multiple WordPress and WooCommerce sites that need a reliable way to adjust plugin output, fix layout issues, and keep performance under control.
- Non-technical site owners who want to adjust wording, layout, colors, and simple effects on their existing sites using visual tools and AI guidance instead of hiring a developer for every change.
- WordPress developers who want a faster front‑end workflow for CSS, Sass, Tailwind, and JavaScript, while keeping edits separate from core theme and plugin files.
- Teams inheriting complex or legacy WordPress builds where changing third‑party plugin or builder output directly is risky or time‑consuming.
- Use Microthemer to visually restyle a theme or builder‑based site—fonts, spacing, colors, and layouts—without creating a custom child theme or editing stylesheets by hand.
- Use Microthemer to build responsive CSS grid layouts for landing pages and components when your page builder’s layout controls are too rigid.
- Use Amender to fix text, buttons, and section spacing on plugin‑generated pages (such as WooCommerce checkout or account pages) where the original builder doesn’t expose those elements.
- Use Amender to inject or adjust JavaScript behavior, add Tailwind classes, or integrate animations and interactions on specific pages without adding global scripts.
- Use Amender to remove unused markup, lazyload heavy media, and clean up mobile DOM structure to improve Core Web Vitals and overall page speed.
- Use the combination of both tools to safely prototype and deploy redesigns on live sites, with draft modes, change logs, and the option to uninstall the main plugins while keeping changes.
- Both Microthemer and Amender are WordPress plugins that run directly inside your WordPress admin dashboard.
- They work with standard WordPress themes, Gutenberg, and popular page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Oxygen, plus several other builders via shallower integrations.
- Microthemer supports CSS, Sass (SCSS), and JavaScript editing with live preview, while Amender supports editing HTML, CSS, JS, and integrating NPM-based JavaScript modules.
- Amender includes a built‑in npm manager for browser‑side ES modules and auto-detection of certain libraries like GSAP, Alpine.js, and Three.js based on your code.
- Both tools can be deactivated on production while keeping edits active via a lightweight Microloader mechanism, meaning your front‑end can run with minimal extra overhead.
Unlike many page builders that focus on creating new layouts from scratch, Microthemer and Amender are aimed at styling and refining what you already have—theme output, plugin content, and builder layouts—without hacking core files. Microthemer emphasizes visual CSS, responsive design, and speed, while Amender acts like a universal “child theme” for page output, letting you surgically adjust content and behavior wherever existing tools fall short. This makes them a good fit if you want more control over WordPress without committing to a full rebuild or custom development for every small change.
- Themeover provides documentation and installation/setup guides via its Docs section, covering both Microthemer and Amender.
- There is an active support forum where users can ask questions and get help, alongside direct contact options for support.
- The company publishes expected response times of around 24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours on weekends, setting clear expectations for assistance.
- AI assistance requires separate AI credits, with only starter credits included on first use, so ongoing heavy AI usage will incur additional cost.
- Licenses are fixed to the domains you register and are not designed to be rotated across many different sites, which may limit how agencies allocate seats.
- When Microthemer subscriptions expire, new edits are limited (e.g., selector limits in free trial mode), so continued full editing requires an active subscription.