Best colour plugins for WordPress

The most popular colour plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Styleguide leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Dominant Color (200+) and Awesome Color Palettes (100+). All 12 plugins tagged “colour” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 colour plugins

1.
Styleguide
The most installed colour plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.0.
2.
Dominant Color
200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
3.
Awesome Color Palettes
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
4.
SVG Color Changer
90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
5.
Customize specific post title with color
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
6.
Tangofy
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
7.
Ozh & COLOURlovers' Admin CSS Designer
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.5.
8.
Display Color
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
9.
The Colour Clock
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
10.
Iridys Palette Extender
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.