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Thirteen Colors

Thirteen Colors is the easiest way to customize the colors of the Twenty Thirteen theme.

By Nick Halsey·Colors·Free
4.7(3 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Thirteen Colors is a WordPress colors plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Customify – Intuitive Website Styling.

4.7/53 reviews
200active installs
8.8K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Thirteen Colors is the easiest way to customize the colors of the Twenty Thirteen theme.

Twenty Thirteen is bold, but if you don’t like its vibrant shades of orange you’ll welcome the ability to transform the theme in a matter of minutes. Just activate Thirteen Colors, head over to the theme customizer, and adjust the default colors to the shades of your liking. Things are kept as simple as possible; colors are grouped into similar usages as in the base theme so you don’t need to worry about contrast if you maintain similar intensities for each color.

Header images are designed to be abstract art for Twenty Thirteen, so Thirteen Colors also integrates with a neat tool that can generate a custom header image in your colors. In a matter of minutes, you can transform WordPr…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.73 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • First publicly available version of the plugin.
  • Compatible with WordPress 3.6+ (and Twenty Thirteen requires 3.6+ anyway).
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Nick HalseyNick Halsey
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Jul 10, 2016
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
4.6.30
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
8.8K+
Added
Aug 20, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

colorscustomcustom colorstwenty-thirteentheme customizer

Developer

N
Nick Halsey
24 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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