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Hero Color Picker

Hero Color Picker adds per-post color selection in the editor sidebar for hero styling via CSS.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.0.20
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 5.9 · PHP 7.3
Directory statusactive
Last directory update17 May 20265mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Hero Color Picker version 1.0.20 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

Hero Color Picker adds per-post background and font color controls to the editor sidebar for hero styling via CSS on elements with the hero-colored class.

Features:

– Two color controls: Background Color and Font Color

– On-demand color pickers in compact dropdown popovers

– Live preview of both colors together directly in the sidebar

– Applies selected colors to the editor post summary area for a closer backend preview

– Removes the featured image preview outline while a custom background color is active

– Accessibility check for WCAG AAA Normal Text with PASS / FAILED status

– Panel is shown only while editing posts ( post ), not in template editing contexts

– Adds a core-like posts list view Hero Background to show only posts with a custom hero background color

– Works on elements that have the CSS class hero-colored

Stored as post meta:

– hero_color_picker_hero_color

– hero_color_picker_font_color

Frontend output (only when values are set):

hero-colored { background-color: $background; color: $font; }

hero-colored a { color: $font; }

Important template setup:

– Open your block theme template (for example Single ) in the Site Editor.

– Select the Group block that should receive the hero styles.

– In block settings, add hero-colored to Additional CSS class(es).

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • block editor
  • color picker
  • accessibility
  • gutenberg
  • wcag
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.9 · PHP 7.3
Update activity17 May 20265mo ago

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