Fourteen Colors

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Sergey Kovalets

   1.8y ago

   I consider the Twenty Fourteen theme one of the most original and stylish ever released for WordPress, and this plugin is as essential to it as air. I understand there may not be many reviews, but believe me, we are all truly grateful to you. It would be great to see some additional functionality, like disabling sidebars or changing the page width. Thank you so much for continuing to support this plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ Michel-IP

   7.4y ago

   Add some handy options to customize colors

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3. ★★★★★ Colleen-fr

   8.0y ago

   Hi, unfortunately after you activate the plugin you can’t change anymore the website title color… you must disable the plugin, change the title color and activate the plugin again. This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Colleen-fr.

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4. ★★★★★ hecthewreck

   8.1y ago

   Ran into this plugin after hours of setting up things with it and this was the final touch, I lucked out finding it, cheers!

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5. ★★★★★ mirotic

   8.9y ago

   im using “full width” so the “background” in this post will not show to me , i wan to change the white part to other color , can u do that ?

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6. ★★★★★ gotti75

   9.0y ago

   This plugin is easy to use and a must to customize colour codes for the twenty-fourteen template. Without that plugin I would have chosen another template or spent hours on css customization.

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7. ★★★★★ stuardorafael

   10.5y ago

   I worked the past weekend and this plugin working fine

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8. ★★★★★ khkkjdadsdasasd

   10.6y ago

   I saw the last review and decided to try it again on my site. Its working for me now.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6 Apply custom colors to theme-registered block editor color palettes. Add support for block editor styles corresponding to WordPress 5.0. Update color patterns to address changes in Twenty Fourteen 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5. 1.6
2. — Version 1.5 Update color patterns to address changes in Twenty Fourteen 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2. This includes full support for the media widgets introduced in WordPress 4.8 and 4.9. 1.5
3. — Version 1.4 Add postMessage previewing of base colors for an enhanced user experience. Contrast and accent colors are now instantly previewed in the customizer, with secondary generated colors updating on a slight delay (typically a 1.4
4. — Version 1.3 Implement support for Selective Refresh in the Customizer. Colors will now be updated much more quickly (but still not instantly) in the Customizer preview. Available in WordPress 4.5+. 1.3
5. — Version 1.2 Updates for WordPress 4.0 / Twenty Fourteen 1.2. Please update those before updating Fourteen Colors. The mediaelements-genericons component, which facilitated audio/video player color-scheming, has been merged into Twen 1.2
6. — Version 1.1 Full support for Twenty Fourteen 1.1. Fix mobile menu-toggle button colors. Fix support for button-styled links in widgets (via the .button class). Add a filter to the version of the accent color that contrasts with the 1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 24 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-08 9K+ → 8K+ down after 94 days in tier
2. 2026-02-03 8K+ → 9K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-01-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 186 days in tier
4. 2025-07-28 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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• Clever Fox 30K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• Nimble Page Builder 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C

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Fourteen Colors: 8K+ active installs, 4.8★ (48 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fourteen-colors