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Custom Swatches for Iris Color Picker

by Jennifer Brueske · Uncategorized

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A simple plugin that allows you to customize 8 color swatches underneath the Iris Color Picker. This works for instances of the color picker in themes …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

2.7K

Total downloads

since 2018

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+34%

83

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3157 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+34% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

83

now · peak 168

8330d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Custom Swatches for · #15540 you Iris Color Picker En · #25555 Checkout Gateway for · #6661 Product Variation Sw · #7498

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

830per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2018-01-04 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
5.6.32
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Piggybank Marketing
    6.7y ago

    What’s the point in having colour swatches if you can’t customize them? Well, now you can! This plugin is simple, but does what it needs to do, and makes the colour picker swatches actually useful. Love it.

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  2. ★★★★★ karisletten
    8.7y ago

    The idea for this plugin came about after getting tired of always needing a text file open with hex codes for a project, and then constantly copying and pasting codes into the color picker. Now, for every website I build I just set up the color scheme once in the custom swatches and shazam! They are just always there for me to choose from! It’s such a time saver! This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by karisletten. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by karisletten.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-08-23 200+ → 100+ down after 286 days in tier
  2. 2022-11-10 300+ → 200+ down

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Custom Swatches for Iris Color Picker: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-swatches-for-iris-color-picker