Title: WP Term Colors Author: John James Jacoby Published: August 24, 2015 Last modified: January 7, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-term-colors/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1229695) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-term-colors/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1267652) # WP Term Colors By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-term-colors.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/) ## Description Pretty colors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms WP Term Colors allows users to assign colors to any visible category, tag, or taxonomy term using a fancy color picker, providing a customized look for their taxonomies. #### Dependencies This plugin requires [WP Term Meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-meta/) #### Also checkout * [WP Chosen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/) * [WP Pretty Filters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pretty-filters/) * [WP Event Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-event-calendar/) * [WP Media Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-categories/) * [WP Term Order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/) * [WP Term Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/) * [WP Term Colors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/) * [WP Term Icons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/) * [WP Term Visibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/) * [WP User Activity](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/) * [WP User Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/) * [WP User Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/) * [WP User Profiles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Category Colors ## Installation * Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer. * Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link. * No further setup or configuration is necessary. ## FAQ ### Does this plugin depend on any others? Yes. Please install the [WP Term Meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-meta/) plugin. ### Does this create new database tables? No. There are no new database tables with this plugin. ### Does this modify existing database tables? No. All of WordPress’s core database tables remain untouched. ### How do I query for terms via their colors? With WordPress’s `get_terms()` function, the same as usual, but with an additional` meta_query` argument according the `WP_Meta_Query` specification: https://codex. wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Meta_Query ``` $terms = get_terms( 'category', array( 'depth' => 1, 'number' => 100, 'parent' => 0, 'hide_empty' => false, // Query by color 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => 'color', 'value' => '#c0ffee' ) ) ) ); ``` ### Where can I get support? The WordPress support forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/ ### Where can I find documentation? http://github.com/stuttter/wp-term-colors/ ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee6fc6f1e8c5d0f3cff2a482b73f530691a93d2168d52f140accd2e1d00fb30b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t Work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-2681/)󠁿 [kshowie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kshowie/) June 19, 2021 Doesn’t Work ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b60f10c36dca664fde3238d5bc76b89e49cabf2cd39d9ed0ad5f4646a3469661? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-9069/)󠁿 [Lindsey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lalindsey/) January 9, 2019 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') }}; ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a5d64ec545aee69b1e30f2d6178b787fb2a7792bc9b00f5c09ba3ad3ecd1851? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-1343/)󠁿 [acrashik_](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acrashik_/) October 23, 2017 Simple and useful. Working great! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cc402b26dc4e52ca8883ca76e89cb8d12d15a28c731630798a6a56ef50ad416? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[yet another good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-good-plugin/)󠁿 [mathieu.pellegrin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mathieupellegrin/) March 14, 2017 Another good and simple plugin that just does the job. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef99b3560e0934163d2d63fc987e099498504c24bae5404a2c6dac6d8a814e0a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well with WP's new termmeta table](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-with-wps-new-termmeta-table/)󠁿 [David Cavins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcavins/) September 3, 2016 1 reply 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. [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Term Colors” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) * [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/) [Translate “WP Term Colors” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-colors) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-term-colors/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-term-colors/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-colors/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-colors/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2.0 * Update base class #### 0.1.4 * Update textdomain * Update headers & meta #### 0.1.3 * Updated metadata UI class #### 0.1.1 * Updated form field classes #### 0.1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **0.1.4** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Tags * [color](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/color/)[meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/) [metadata](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metadata/)[taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/) [term](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/term/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.2 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-colors/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) * [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/) ## Support Got something to say? 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