This plugin overrides the default pending comments background color in WordPress admin.
As of April 2026, Pending Comments Highlighter is a WordPress color plugin with 10 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Central Color Palette.
I have found a very annoying problem on the admin panel.
Where the comments are listed, unapproved comments had lightyellow color (HEX:FFFFE0).
It is hard to make difference between unapproved and approved comments with this color.
This plugin changes the background-color to orange [#DD823B] (from WordPress 3.8 Sunrise admin color-scheme), and the author’s name and his comment to white. This makes the comment approving system easier to see on all monitor types.
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
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