Title: Quick admin color scheme picker
Author: mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)
Published: <strong>June 6, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2014

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Quick admin color scheme picker

 By [mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker.0.7.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/)

## Description

Lets you quickly switch between admin color schemes from the “howdy menu.” Happy
Birthday Sara Cannon!

## Screenshots

[⌊The admin color scheme picker in the "howdy menu."⌉⌊The admin color scheme picker
in the "howdy menu."⌉[

The admin color scheme picker in the “howdy menu.”

[⌊Fully compatible with WordPress 3.3.⌉⌊Fully compatible with WordPress 3.3.⌉[

Fully compatible with WordPress 3.3.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/429633ee0f0faaab140411b93d3d48ea6b9ae285e3824874e5e46c5e17926209?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great little plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-little-plugin-198/)󠁿

 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrolund/) October 5, 2018

I love this little unknown plugin. Does one simple, small thing… but does it so 
nicely. It’s one of those plugins that you wonder: Why isn’t this part of the WP
core?! It speeds up the process of quickly selecting a new admin color scheme, especially
for people like me that like to change it often. Thanks for this!

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## Contributors & Developers

“Quick admin color scheme picker” is open source software. The following people 
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)
 *   [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)
 *   [ Daryl Koopersmith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koop/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.7

 * Code cleanup; rm support for WP < 3.3

#### 0.6

 * Use `user_meta` instead of user options. Plays better with the user profile screen.
   Props nacin.
 * Align color swatches better. The angel may be in the policy, but the devil is
   in the details.

#### 0.5

 * Only display the menu if `is_admin()`. Props koop.

#### 0.4

 * Update to work with WP 3.3, post-[19230](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/19230).
   Hopefully this will be the last of the 3.3 fixes…
 * Now using `add_menu` instead of `add_note`, following a stern warning from nacin.

#### 0.3

 * Update to work with WP 3.3’s admin bar, at least as of beta 2.

#### 0.2

 * Code cleanup. Props nacin.

#### 0.1

 * First commit

## Meta

 *  Version **0.7**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.0.38**
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[admin color](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-color/)
   [color](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/color/)[color scheme](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/color-scheme/)
   [ui](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ui/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-admin-color-scheme-picker/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)
 *   [ Andrew Nacin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/)
 *   [ Daryl Koopersmith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koop/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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