Color Me Beautiful
Personalise the WordPress admin with your own accent colour.
by Per Soderlind · github.com/soderlind/cm-beautiful · website
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Install
The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:
wp plugin install https://github.com/soderlind/cm-beautiful/releases/download/1.1.0/cm-beautiful.zipFrom the readme
Color Me Beautiful
Personalise the WordPress admin with your own accent colour. Each user independently picks a colour preset or adds a custom colour via the WP colour picker. Changes apply instantly across the entire admin chrome — sidebar, admin bar, buttons, links, and focus rings — with no page reload required.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/824baa38-f51b-439c-a7ee-0f7552b9bbef
Features
- 8 built-in presets — Follow WordPress (default), Neutral Blue, Indigo, Teal, Green, Amber, Red, Slate
- Custom colour picker — any hex colour via the WordPress Iris picker
- WCAG 2.1 contrast — text automatically switches between black and white based on accent luminance for readable contrast
- Live preview — the admin chrome updates in real time as you pick, without saving
- Themed background — the admin page background tints to complement the chosen accent colour
- Night mode — one checkbox applies a dark colour theme to the entire admin using explicit CSS colour overrides; no filter property is used, so stacking contexts and event handling are completely unaffected
- Per-user — each user's preference is stored in user meta and only affects their own session
- Follow WordPres
Read the full README on GitHub →