Best color scheme plugins for WordPress
The most popular color scheme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ECS leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Default Admin Color Scheme (800+) and Force Admin Color Scheme (500+). All 26 plugins tagged “color scheme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 color scheme plugins
- 1.
ECSThe most installed color scheme plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 117 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Default Admin Color Scheme800+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 9 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Force Admin Color Scheme500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Colorize Admin200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Color Scheme every Theme50+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 6 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.
Admin Bar Color40+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 7.
Ultimate Color Schemes30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Restore Old Admin Colors30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Color Scheme Field for Advanced Custom Fields PRO10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.0.
- 10.
Eye-candy theme by WordPress Monsters10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 26 plugins tagged “color scheme”
ECS
Down in the last 7 days:2#442by dudaster16 days ago
Seven free modules for Elementor: dark mode, container layouts, mobile menu, editorial text, style presets, JSON editor — all modular, all free.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(117)
- Downloads
- 1K/day
Default Admin Color Scheme
Down in the last 7 days:18#7,294by Plugin Pizza5 months ago
Select a default admin color scheme for new and existing users. Optionally disable the color scheme picker to force a color scheme for all users.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
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
Colorize Admin
Down in the last 7 days:37#12,563by Simple Themes7 years ago
This is a simple plugin that will make your wp admin panel theme much more pleasant for work.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Color Scheme every Theme
Down in the last 7 days:139#20,295by danielauener13 years ago
This plugin lets you change the entire color scheme of the current theme via the
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Bar Color
Up in the last 7 days:239#22,655by Eduardo Zulian11 years ago
Use your favorite Dashboard color scheme on the front end admin bar.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Color Schemes
Down in the last 7 days:433#23,111by VeraDeveloper2 years ago
Some new and role based color schemes for your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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
Color Scheme Field for Advanced Custom Fields PRO
Up in the last 7 days:539#34,158by hugomoran7 years ago
Adds a color scheme field type to Advanced Custon Fields Pro. Create your own color schemes using hex and make them available from your admin panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Eye-candy theme by WordPress Monsters
Up in the last 7 days:4,002#43,597by WordPress Monsters9 years ago
Add new admin theme to your website. If default admin themes irritate you and you suffer from sore eyes, this color scheme is the best choice for you!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick admin color scheme picker
Up in the last 7 days:1,904#45,291by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)12 years ago
Lets you quickly switch between admin color schemes from the "howdy menu." Happy Birthday Sara Cannon! Contribute to development on GitHub.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Colors Plus Visited
Down in the last 7 days:374#46,670by Doug Smith15 years ago
Variations on the built-in admin color schemes. Shows visited links in a different color for easy tracking of dashboard news items not yet read.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Theme Helper
Down in the last 7 days:5,684#46,679by Rex Anthony Eubanas (Batugan Design)9 years ago
Theme Helper improved the Theme frameworks development accessible, removing the need for programming or design knowledge by creating a option panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ozh & COLOURlovers' Admin CSS Designer
#46,716by Ozh16 years ago
Make your own Admin CSS with a little help from COLOURlovers. Edit, tweak and save CSS real time!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customizable Dark Mode Toggle
Up in the last 7 days:14,354#49,881by Kayyum Halai1 year ago
Simple Customizable Dark Mode Toggle with customizable colors and user preference saving.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Dark Mode
Up in the last 7 days:16,995#53,161by pencilwp1 year ago
Add a one-click dark mode toggle to your WordPress website - simple, lightweight, and customizable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Somethumb Remember Admin Login Colors
Up in the last 7 days:10,076#62,319by scottweiss14 days ago
Makes the WordPress login screen match the last logged-in user's admin color scheme on that browser.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Iridys Palette Extender
Up in the last 7 days:1,660#63,220by Rob Art2 days ago
A smarter WordPress colour picker with an eyedropper, colour harmonies, reusable swatches and image-to-palette tools. Pick colours with confidence.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Datoden Dark Mode
Up in the last 7 days:4,758#63,826by datoden11 days ago
Dark and light mode for the whole website with Datoden's own engine – nothing is loaded from other servers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
WP Super Team
Up in the last 7 days:5,634#65,226by Vidya L7 years ago
A simple, lightweight, fully Responsive WordPress Team display plugin to create & manage your Team page easily with three different column layouts …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LumaSwitch
#65,448by Ariful Razib22 days ago
Light and dark mode controls with customizable colors, a floating switch, saved preferences, and an optional admin theme switcher.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DarkMeta Dark Mode
#67,900by DevTheme3 months ago
Add an accessible dark mode toggle with custom colors, system preference detection, and persistent visitor choices.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lookchange
Up in the last 7 days:3,915#68,752by Kazi Asif Riad2 months ago
Switch website front-end between Light, Dark, Grey, Pink, Negative, Blur, and Custom modes with a beautiful floating switcher.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZCBRG Admin Color Generator
#70,508by ZCBRG2 days ago
🎨 Create your own WordPress admin color scheme with 92 built-in presets. Pick 4 colors — hover, active, and submenu variants are auto-generated.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 62/day
Axismundi Theme Switcher
#73,754by Jiwoon Kim2 months ago
A light, dark, and auto color-scheme switcher block that remembers what the reader picked.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day