Force Admin Color Scheme
Force a single admin color scheme for all users of the site.
5(2 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Force Admin Color Scheme is a WordPress admin plugin with 600 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Loginizer.
5/52 reviews
600active installs
10K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Though it is typically an individually configurable aspect of WordPress, there are times when forcing a single admin color scheme upon all users of a site can be warranted, such as to:
- Provide a unique backend color scheme for multiple sites used by the same set of users to reinforce the difference between the sites.
- Clearly denote backend differences between a production and staging/test instance of a site. Especially given that in this situation with the same plugins active and often the same data present, it can be easy to get mixed up about what site you’re actually on.
- Force a site brand-appropriate color scheme.
- Crush the expression of individuality under your iron fist.
Additionally, the plugin removes the “Admin Color Scheme” profile setting from users who don&…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.1 (2025-02-15)
Highlights:
This minor release fixes a bug that prevented a forced color scheme from being set or unset if one was being forced via the constant, adds clarifying help text, prevents markup from containing unintended markup, removes unit tests from release packaging, updates compatibility through WP 6.8+, and a few more minor changes.
Details:
- Fix: Allow saving a forced admin color scheme even if constant is set (the constant will still take precedence unless invalid)
- New: Add help text under the checkbox, if checked, to clarify that unchecking it will unset the forced color scheme
- New: Add
get_color_scheme_via_setting()to get the forced admin color scheme saved as a plugin setting - Change: Prevent translations from containing unintended markup
- Hardening: Sanitize submitted color scheme name
…and 19 more changes
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