Best admin colors plugins for WordPress
The most popular admin colors plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Force Admin Color Scheme leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Restore Old Admin Colors (30+) and Joker Admin Colors (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “admin colors” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 admin colors plugins
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Force Admin Color SchemeThe most installed admin colors plugin, with 500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Restore Old Admin Colors30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
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Joker Admin ColorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “admin colors”
Force Admin Color Scheme
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,654by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Force a single admin color scheme for all users of the site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Restore Old Admin Colors
Down in the last 7 days:209#23,542by Goal Prevail4 months ago
Restore the classic pre-7.0 "Fresh" WordPress admin color scheme as the default, without overriding custom user choices.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Joker Admin Colors
#58,172by jokerinthepack12 days ago
Create custom WordPress admin colour schemes with a live preview, and apply them to every user on your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day