10 Best Block Editor Colors Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Block Editor Colors has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Block Editor Colors
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Admin Tweaks
Closest match4.7 (33) 900+ active installsCustomize various aspects of WordPress backend. Create a clean and easier admin area for the users.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since April 16, 2025.
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4.1 (90) 30,000+ active installsStyle your WordPress site visually. Discover the most popular front-end design plugin! Try live demo.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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4.4 (21) 20,000+ active installsRemoves the WordPress credit on all default classic WordPress themes and replaces with a widget sidebar for those wanting to customise the theme.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.7 (160) 30,000+ active installsWith WP Custom Admin Interface you can easily customise the WordPress admin and login interfaces.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated February 10, 2026.
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4.8 (57) 8,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Seventeen.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.7 (31) 3,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Twenty.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.8 (42) 3,000+ active installsAllow your customers to create configurable products with a live preview of the result. Works using a layer-based system.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.9 (64) 6,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Twenty-One.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.8 (44) 30,000+ active installsEasy to use advanced Parallax, Image and Video backgrounds block plugin with parallax and video support.
Shares the gutenberg tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.7 (206) 30,000+ active installsGallery Custom Links allows you to link images to a specified URL. Tested with WordPress Gallery, Gutenberg, the Meow Gallery and others.
Shares the gutenberg tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
Switching from Block Editor Colors: common questions
What is the best alternative to Block Editor Colors?
Admin Tweaks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 900+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Block Editor Colors alternative has the most users?
Visual CSS Style Editor, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Block Editor Colors alternative is rated highest?
Options for Twenty Twenty-One, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 64 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Block Editor Colors alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Block Editor Colors score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Block Editor Colors on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Admin Tweaks is the closest match to Block Editor Colors by the data we track, and Visual CSS Style Editor has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Advanced WordPress Backgrounds shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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