Title: Category Color Picker
Author: sarap422
Published: June 20, 2025
Last modified: June 5, 2026
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# Category Color Picker
By [sarap422](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarap422/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-color-picker.1.2.0.zip)
* [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/#description)
* [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/#installation)
* [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-color-picker/)
## Description
Category Color Picker lets you assign a color to each WordPress category and automatically
applies that color to post listings and category links on the front end.
#### Main features
* Adds a color picker to the category edit screen
* Automatically reflects the chosen color on the front end
* Automatic text color adjustment based on relative luminance
* Customizable CSS selectors
* Adds “Color”, “ID” and “Noindex” columns to the category list
* Sortable by the ID column
* Per-category noindex setting (applies to the category archive, single posts in
that category, and tag/date archives that contain those posts)
* JSON export / import of categories (including color and noindex settings)
#### Compatible plugins and themes
* VK All in One Expansion Unit
* Content Views
* General WordPress themes
* Any element via custom selectors
#### Usage
1. Activate the plugin
2. Go to Posts > Categories and edit a category
3. Pick a color with the color picker
4. Optionally enable the “Noindex” checkbox
5. Optionally customize selectors under Settings > Category Color
## Screenshots
[⌊Color picker and noindex setting on the category edit screen⌉⌊Color picker and
noindex setting on the category edit screen⌉[
Color picker and noindex setting on the category edit screen
[⌊Color, ID and Noindex columns in the category list⌉⌊Color, ID and Noindex columns
in the category list⌉[
Color, ID and Noindex columns in the category list
[⌊Selector settings screen⌉⌊Selector settings screen⌉[
Selector settings screen
[⌊Category colors reflected on the front end⌉⌊Category colors reflected on the front
end⌉[
Category colors reflected on the front end
## Installation
1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/category-color-picker` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Set the color and noindex for each category under Posts > Categories
## FAQ
### Does it work with any theme?
Yes. It works with any theme that uses the standard WordPress category output. With
custom selectors, it can also support specific themes and plugins.
### Can it replace VK All in One Expansion Unit?
Yes. It can be used as an alternative to the category color feature of VK All in
One Expansion Unit, with more flexible selector settings.
### Can I customize the selectors?
Yes. You can freely set CSS selectors under Settings > Category Color.
### Which pages does noindex apply to?
It outputs `` on the category archive page,
single posts belonging to that category, and tag/date archive pages that contain
posts in the target category.
### Where can I check the noindex setting?
You can check it in the “Noindex” column of the category list. Categories with the
setting enabled show “noindex” in red.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“Category Color Picker” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ sarap422 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarap422/)
[Translate “Category Color Picker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-color-picker)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-color-picker/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-color-picker/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-color-picker/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-color-picker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.2.0
* Added JSON export / import for categories (buttons placed at the top right of
the category list screen)
* Export covers all categories (name, slug, parent, description, color, noindex)
* Import resolves categories by slug; for existing categories only color and noindex
are overwritten, missing categories are created
* Separated logic into includes/ (pure logic is unit tested)
#### 1.1.0
* Added “ID” and “Noindex” columns to the category list
* Reordered columns to Name, Slug, Color, Description, Count, ID, Noindex
* Made the ID column sortable
* Added noindex feature (outputs meta robots noindex per category)
#### 1.0.6
* Excluded tags from the target
#### 1.0.5
* Switched to wp_enqueue_style() for CSS output (Plugin Check compliance)
* Adjusted the text color luminance threshold to 0.6 for better readability
* Translated plugin descriptions and messages into Japanese
* Code optimization and compliance with WordPress standards
#### 1.0.4
* Bug fixes and stability improvements
* Improved CSS selector handling
* Improved error handling
#### 1.0.3
* Initial release
* Color picker integration
* Automatic text color adjustment
* Customizable CSS selectors
## Meta
* Version **1.2.0**
* Last updated **1 month ago**
* Active installations **40+**
* WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/)
* Tags
* [category](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[color](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/color/)
[noindex](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/noindex/)[picker](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/picker/)
[styling](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/styling/)
* [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/category-color-picker/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ sarap422 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarap422/)
## Support
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