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Meta Theme Color Colour

by Richard K · Uncategorized

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Set the color of the address bar on mobile devices using the meta theme color.

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

45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

300+

Active installs

≈360 estimated

4.8K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.05★

Rating (adjusted)

4.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+59%

59

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

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 8/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3552 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+59% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

59

now · peak 87

5930d 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

Meta Theme Color Col · #10360 you Color Mobile Browser · #5006 Rainbow Address Bar · #17840 Mobile Address Bar C · #20970

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.

197per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

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

0

releases in the last 12 months

10.2y ago

latest release · v1.0

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0 · 10.2y ago0.1.0.1 · 10.2y ago0.1 · 10.4y ago

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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈360

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations

300Installs · 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 · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
9.7y ago
Added
2016-04-26 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
4.7.35
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ viewup
    8.8y ago

    The plugin is very simple and do it’s job. But it can get improved on some ways. For instance, maybe you can instead of creating an empty settings page, use the Theme customizer. This way, will be a lot easier, less code for you and also, the setting will be set by theme (what is good because each theme has it own colors). Also, you can set default color values getting this info from another settings (like theme background or theme header background).

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  2. ★★★★★ Brianna Deleasa
    9.4y ago

    This plugin did exactly what I needed. It was quick and easy to install and configure. Simply select the color and you’re good to go. Thanks a bunch for this plugin!

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  3. ★★★★★ Richard K
    10.4y ago

    Works as expected

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

✓ 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. 2026-01-05 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-02 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-28 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-25 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-23 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-21 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-20 400+ → 300+ down after 508 days in tier
  8. 2024-07-30 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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