Contextual Adminbar Color
by Jb Audras · WordPress.org page · Website
Contextual Adminbar Color has 500+ active installs on WordPress.org and 10,400 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 28, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Contextual Adminbar Color at a glance
Is Contextual Adminbar Color well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- choose between several color predefined schemes
- use a favicon to better differentiate your environments in your browser’s tabs
- add a custom message in your admin bar, like “Production website”, “staging version” or whatever your want
- choose the user roles that will see the color scheme (other roles will see the default admin bar)
Contextual Adminbar Color reviews and ratings
8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Très pratique !
Présent sur toutes mes sites en pre-prod ! :)
Jean-BriceM -
highly useful
and unobtrusive
omeld -
Just what I needed
Works as expected, would be great if compatibility with recent Wordpress versions were checked, since it's a really useful and simple plugin. Thanks!
evaldash -
Exactly what I was looking for
This is so much appreciated, I built my own very bad version of this and ran with it for years. It works exactly as I hoped it would. Thanks!
martinjosef -
Makes my life much better knowing exactly where I am
Such a great helper! It gives me the safety to know exactly which environment I work on without having to worry. Sometimes things look just alike in your DEV, STAGE and PROD environment. And with this little plugin, it is immediately obvious which environment you work in. And it also works on WP 5.6 - just checked...
Dirk Tornow -
Simple and very usefull!
Really enjoy this plugin. It’s simple and well integrated with WordPress admin UI. I really like the optional configuration through wp-config.php. After configuring it once in wp-config.php, I won’t ever need to reconfigure because it doesn’t loose settings on importing settings (eg. staging <-> production). Great job @audrasjb!
Pedro Mendonça
Details
Use custom admin bar colors and favicons to differentiate your environments (staging/prod)
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- adminbar
- color
- environment
- preprod
- scheme
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- Version
- 0.3.1
- Last updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- First published
- Nov 25, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 5.4
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Contextual Adminbar Color FAQ
What does Contextual Adminbar Color do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Contextual Adminbar Color offers choose between several color predefined schemes, use a favicon to better differentiate your environments in your browser’s tabs, add a custom message in your admin bar, like “Production website”, “staging version” or whatever your want and choose the user roles that will see the color scheme (other roles will see the default admin bar).
How many active installs does Contextual Adminbar Color have?
WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs for Contextual Adminbar Color as of September 7, 2026.
Is Contextual Adminbar Color still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 28, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Is Contextual Adminbar Color free?
Contextual Adminbar Color is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.