Color Palette Generator
This plugin is ideal for blog owners who like to do something more with their images, or for webshop owners who like to filter products by color. When inserting images you have the option to show the palette for that…
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Color Palette Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (80+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Color Palette Generator stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| color | >100 |
| color palette | >100 |
| color palette generator | #96 |
| image | >100 |
| images | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
About Color Palette Generator
From the official readme · v1.7.0Description
This plugin is ideal for blog owners who like to do something more with their images, or for webshop owners who like to filter products by color. When inserting images you have the option to show the palette for that image. You can also use the following shortcode to show a specific image with palette: [colorpalette attachment="56" dominant="false" colors="10" size="large" random="true"]
Features
- Generate color palettes per image
- Bulk-generate color palettes for all images
- Allows configuration of number of unique colors per image
- Allows configuration of auto appending palettes on attachment pages
- See stats of generated palettes
- Filter attachments by color
- Add color search widget to your sidebar
- Use a shortcode to show an image with a palette in your content.
Developers
If you don’t like the way the plugin outputs the palettes, or you want to create custom color queries yourself, use the wordpress taxonomy functions. There are 2 new taxonomies added when the plugin is activated: cpg_dominant_color and cpg_palette. The first one holds one color per image, the dominant color (this color is used to link the image to one of the main colors used in the color search functions). The second one holds the palette, and the number of colors is based on what the site owner has entered (default = 10).
Special thanks
- Lokesh Dhakar, for the color thief library
- Projekod, for the Round Color class
TODO
- Better uninstall functions (attachment meta needs to be removed)
- Generate palette on upload
Installation
Automatic Installation:
- Go to Admin – Plugins – Add New and search for “color palette generator”
- Click the Install Button
- Click ‘Activate’
- Go to Media > Color Palette Generator and start generating
Manual Installation:
- Download color-palette-generator.zip
- Unzip and upload the ‘color-palette-generator’ folder to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Media > Color Palette Generator and start generating
Changelog
1.7.0
- Added support for automatic generation of palettes. Disabled by default.
1.6.2
- Fixed php warning
- Fixed missing color palettes if no dominant colors are set
1.6.1
- Fixed php warning
1.6
- Changed the dasboard layout
- Added a remove button to remove all generated palettes
- Added an option to control how the palette colors are shown
- The bulk generation is now around 10 times faster (especially noticeable with more than 10.000 images in your library)
1.5.2
- Fixed loading of front-end styles
1.5.1
- Removed ‘Dominant: ‘ title before color codes when hovering over palette colors.
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FAQ
Color Palette Generator: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 15, 2026
Is Color Palette Generator free?
Yes. Color Palette Generator is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Color Palette Generator safe to use in 2026?
Color Palette Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Color Palette Generator?
Color Palette Generator is active on 80+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,333 times since it launched in February 2017. It was downloaded 72 times in the last 30 days.
Does Color Palette Generator work with WordPress 7.1?
Color Palette Generator is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Color Palette Generator last updated?
The latest version, 1.7.0, was released on December 24, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes Color Palette Generator?
Color Palette Generator is developed and maintained by Houke de Kwant.
What are the best alternatives to Color Palette Generator?
The most popular alternatives to Color Palette Generator are Central Color Palette (10K+ installs), ACF RGBA Color Picker (6K+ installs) and The Events Calendar: Catego… (4K+ installs).
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