Best palette plugins for WordPress
The most popular palette plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Central Color Palette leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of ShortcodeHub Addon (40+) and Color Palette Block (20+). All 7 plugins tagged “palette” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 palette plugins
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Central Color PaletteThe most installed palette plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 57 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 2.
ShortcodeHub Addon40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Color Palette Block20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Aticolor Palettes10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Iridys Palette ExtenderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
Teduca PalettesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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Mosne Dark PaletteFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 7 plugins tagged “palette”
Central Color Palette
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,509by Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative3 years ago
Manage a site-wide central color palette for a uniform look'n'feel! Supports the new block editor, Theme Customizer and many themes and plug …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(57)
- Downloads
- 32/day
ShortcodeHub Addon
Down in the last 7 days:114#21,942by ShortcodeHub7 years ago
Grabs the dominant color or a representative color palette from an image. Uses javascript and canvas.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Color Palette Block
Up in the last 7 days:310#28,159by lubus5 months ago
Build and share beautiful color palettes with multiple display styles and easy color code copying.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aticolor Palettes
Up in the last 7 days:2,855#29,092by Ático estudio6 months ago
Personal color palette library — save color groups and access them from the admin toolbar or the dedicated admin page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Teduca Palettes
Up in the last 7 days:4,819#65,376by Uriel Albarran Oropeza5 years ago
Display color palettes on your website using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mosne Dark Palette
Down in the last 7 days:18,514#71,596by Mosne / Paolo Tesei1 year ago
Create and apply your dark palette in an accessibility-friendly manner using the new Interactivity API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day