About this plugin
Dark Reader turns your WordPress site into a comfortable dark mode experience with one click. It reduces eye strain, improves night-time readability, and gives visitors the same adaptive experience their phone already offers.
Trusted by 100,000+ websites, it works with any theme and needs no coding.
Live Demo | Get Dark Reader | Docs
Key Features
- Enable Dark Mode – switch every post and page to a dark colour scheme.
- Brightness Control – how light or dark the page appears.
- Contrast Control – text-to-background difference, for accessible reading.
- Sepia Filter – a warm tone that cuts blue light while reading.
- Grayscale Filter – shades of grey for a distraction-free look.
- Toggle Button Position – place the switch in any screen corner.
- 5+ Toggle Styles – Default, Round, Switch, Toggle and Minimal.
- Use System Color Scheme – follow the visitor’s device preference.
- Enable for PDFs – dark mode for embedded PDF files.
- Apply Immediately – no flash of light content before dark mode loads.
- Filter Mode – softer Dimmed mode or high-contrast Dark mode.
- Text Stroke – outline text so it stays legible on dark backgrounds.
- Shortcode – place [dark_reader_toggle] anywhere on your site.
- Export / Import Settings – back up your configuration as JSON.
Pro Features
- Time-Based Dark Mode – schedule it by time, date or sunset.
- Admin Dashboard Dark Mode – a dark backend for long sessions.
- Image Handling – brightness, grayscale, invert, or a separate dark mode image.
- Video Support – videos adapt to the dark interface.
- Widget Support – toggle blocks for Gutenberg and Elementor.
- Custom CSS – write your own dark mode rules.
- Exclusions – keep chosen elements, pages or posts untouched.
- Custom Toggle Button – your own icons, colours, border and size.
- Dark Mode Analytics – see how many visitors actually use it.
Lightweight, responsive and accessible. Works with Elementor, WPBakery, Divi and Break Builder, and behind caching plugins.
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