WP Term Colors

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

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 6 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 vs rivals

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

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. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 54% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ kshowie

   5.4y ago

   Doesn’t Work

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2. ★★★★★ Lindsey

   7.8y ago

   This plugin still work great. I use it all the time as it’s an easy to add option for client’s when they need to color code taxonomies. It even works great with Timber themes. You can easily add it to your templates in PHP using David Cavins’ example. If you are using a theme that is utilizing twig/Timber, you can grab the color in your for loop as easy as: {{ term.meta('color') }};

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3. ★★★★★ acrashik_

   9.0y ago

   Simple and useful. Working great!

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4. ★★★★★ mathieu.pellegrin

   9.6y ago

   Another good and simple plugin that just does the job.

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5. ★★★★★ David Cavins

   10.6y ago

   I needed to save colors for terms, and found that @jjj had already done the work. Accessing the saved colors is pretty straightforward using the new (WP 4.4 or newer) built-in utility function: $color = get_term_meta( $term_id, 'color', true ); The terms are saved in hex format (#eeee22) so are ready to use once retrieved. Thanks @jjj.

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

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-15 800+ → 700+ down after 227 days in tier
2. 2025-09-30 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-09-28 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-09-27 900+ → 800+ down after 282 days in tier
5. 2024-12-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 1817 days in tier
6. 2019-12-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 637 days in tier
7. 2018-04-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 255 days in tier
8. 2017-07-20 200+ → 1K+ up after 479 days in tier

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).

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WP Term Colors: 700+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-term-colors