A small and simple plugin to adjust the default color palette of the new WordPress Gutenberg Editor.
As of April 2026, Custom Color Palette for Gutenberg is a WordPress colors plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 15% this week. Top alternative: Customify – Intuitive Website Styling.
The Custom Color Palette plugin allows you to change the default color palette in the new WordPress Gutenberg Editor.
It replaces the color palette of WordPress Core and the theme.
This plugin only works with the new Editor. You have to use WordPress 5.0 or the Gutenberg plugin.
Note: Changing colors works with CSS variables and is not supported in outdated browsers like Internet Explorer.
Love this one. Needed it with Generatepress Premium theme. Although GP says it will be implemented soon….
Pretty good. Thank you.
| WordPress | 4.9.8+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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