Grey Admin Color Schemes

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1. ★★★★★ cpunter

   1.7y ago

   Super-easy to use and works like a charm. My eyes got tired of the stark contrast of the default theme and all the other presets look bad to me. This is when I stumbled on this plugin that does precisely what it says on the tin. It creates four new themes to choose from in the usual WP manner. Quickly and easily. The only additions I could ask for are either more themes or further customization of the preset themes, preferably by element.

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2. ★★★★★ Noahj

   11.6y ago

   Simple grey is the way to go! It actually should have been included since WordPress 3.6. For the reason because many users were used to the old classic color scheme. While the classic is not used it would have been nice to included something along that lines like this, simple grey versions. I know out of the box the new colors schemes I didn’t like. They are all a bit to funky. Thanks for this!

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3. ★★★★★ Manuel Schmalstieg

   12.7y ago

   Thanks for those! I think they are the best currently available color schemes, in terms of contrast and lightness/darkness – an improvement upon the “official” schemes. Perhaps we are using a similar laptop screen 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ Josh.biz

   12.7y ago

   Thanks. I love the Modern Grey color scheme – very easy on the eye and easy to work with. I’ve customised my active menu background colour to #0074A2 (the same zingy blue the WordPress default scheme uses). That makes it perfect for me. I’ll probably have to keep updating my custom CSS file (line 223 of color.css) when/if the plug-in is updated. But worth it. Thanks again. 🙂

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-10-21 400+ → 300+ down after 172 days in tier
2. 2023-05-02 300+ → 400+ up after 96 days in tier
3. 2023-01-26 400+ → 300+ down after 31 days in tier
4. 2022-12-26 300+ → 400+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B
• Nested Pages 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Grey Admin Color Schemes: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/grey-admin-color-schemes