Best dark mode toggle plugins for WordPress
The most popular dark mode toggle plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Nocturne Dark Mode leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Arts Color Switcher for Elementor (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “dark mode toggle” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 dark mode toggle plugins
- 1.
Nocturne Dark ModeThe most installed dark mode toggle plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Arts Color Switcher for Elementor
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “dark mode toggle”

Nocturne Dark Mode
Down in the last 7 days:79#12,768by DeoThemes1 year ago
Nocturne Dark Mode is a powerful plugin that allows you to easily enable dark mode on your website built with Elementor with just a few clicks.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Arts Color Switcher for Elementor
#64,659by Artem Semkin6 days ago
Dark mode toggle and scroll-triggered color switching for Elementor. Every Global Color gets an Alt value; the whole page follows – images too.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day