Dominant Color

Reviewers like how simple and self-contained it is, with the main asks being bulk processing for existing images and a note that it's flagged as untested with recent WordPress releases.

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4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.

1. ★★★★★ willwenzel

   2.5y ago

   This plugin is perfect in its simplicity. Developers thought of everything, and it makes pages with images look beautiful. PLUS, if you don’t like the color they pick to be dominant, you can choose another color from the image. So well thought out. I just wish WordPress wouldn’t bug me saying it hasn’t been tested with the last 3 releases. It works perfectly, and probably will regardless of updates. Here’s how I use it in a theme in case anyone reading this is struggling. if (has_post_thumbnail()) {$featured_image_id=get_post_thumbnail_id( );}$imageColor = get_color_data($featured_image_id, ‘dominant_color_hex’, ‘true’);$colorPaletteArray = get_post_meta ($featured_image_id, ‘color_palette_hex’, ‘true’);$complimentaryColor1 = $colorPaletteArray[0];$complimentaryColor2 = $colorPaletteArray[1];$complimentaryColor3 = $colorPaletteArray[2];$complimentaryColor4 = $colorPaletteArray[3]; And then I just assign $imageColor, and it’s 4 complimentary colors, to the relevant divs in the template. Genius plugin, and thank you for creating it.

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2. ★★★★★ Ngo Quang Dao

   7.0y ago

   Useful plugin, please add function to bulk edit all images on gallery 🥰

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3. ★★★★★ Justin Moreland

   7.9y ago

   I like this and how it does what it says. I like also that it doesn’t enqueue any scripts or CSS into the page. Great for custom theme development. Also seems to work well in WordPress 5.0 (newest at the time of this review).

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4. ★★★★★ isteiner

   10.6y ago

   Pulls out both the dominant color and a nice color palette. Far more efficient to do this calculation once on upload rather than via PHP or JavaScript when rendering the page. Perfect!

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5. ★★★★★ Sii Cockerill

   11.0y ago

   I had to search the post_meta table to find out how the ‘dominant_override’ meta_key – it would have been useful to find that in the release notes. A bulk calculate feature would be excellent – along with a way of colour picking the override from the posts screen in the WP Dashboard. Otherwise, perfect for what I need 🙂

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.2

Translated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-31 300+ → 200+ down after 24 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 200+ → 300+ up after 39 days in tier
3. 2026-06-29 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
4. 2026-06-24 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
5. 2026-06-20 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-06-19 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-06-18 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2026-06-15 200+ → 300+ up after 16 days in tier

Competes with

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Dominant Color: 200+ active installs, 4.8★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dominant-color