Best custom colors plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom colors plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fourteen Colors leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Colors (300+) and Thirteen Colors (200+). All 7 plugins tagged “custom colors” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 custom colors plugins
- 1.Fourteen Colors
The most installed custom colors plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 48 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.Ultimate Colors
300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.Thirteen Colors
200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.Easy Backend-Style
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.Widget Customizer for WordPress
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Custom Colors30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 7.Skins
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 7 plugins tagged “custom colors”
Fourteen Colors
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,368by Nick Halsey3 months ago
Not a big fan of green and black? Love the layout of Twenty Fourteen, but need its colors to match your brand? Don't have time to create a child …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(48)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Ultimate Colors
Down in the last 7 days:8#10,610by GretaThemes7 years ago
Change color for any element on your WordPress website without coding. Support for live preview in the Customizer.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thirteen Colors
Down in the last 7 days:7#11,934by Nick Halsey10 years ago
Thirteen Colors is the easiest way to customize the colors of the Twenty Thirteen theme.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Backend-Style
Down in the last 7 days:218#12,655by FARN Labs3 months ago
Customize your WordPress admin dashboard design effortlessly with Easy Backend-Style.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Widget Customizer for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:36#16,299by dzeriho11 years ago
Customize your widgets without any CSS knowledge! - Mihajlovicnenad.com
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Custom Colors
#23,968by seosbg10 years ago
Custom Colors is easy to use. Custom Colors WordPress plugin allows you to change all basic colors in your theme.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skins
Up in the last 7 days:81#40,852by ryanve12 years ago
Add custom CSS classes to markup via hooks for CSS usage.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day