Half Baked Category Colours

Апісанне

Category Colours adds a per-category colour picker and applies those colours sitewide wherever categories are displayed.

It also includes optional category name case tools (categories only):
* Force display case (without changing the database)
* Normalize existing categories in the database
* Optional auto-apply on category create/edit
* Bulk actions on Posts Categories

Features

  • Per-category colour (picker + hex + clear/default)
  • Applies sitewide wherever categories appear (links, blocks, lists, etc.)
  • Styling options:
    • Pill style
    • Background tint
    • Underline
    • Pill gap (tight/normal/roomy)
    • Border thickness (thin/normal/thick)
    • Pill shape (pill/rounded/square)
  • Category name case options (no exceptions list):
    • Storage case style (used by normalization tools)
    • Normalize all existing categories button
    • Bulk normalize selected categories
    • Force display case sitewide
    • Auto-apply on create/edit (optional)

Ўсталёўка

  1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via the Plugins screen.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
  3. Configure options under Posts Categories.
  4. Edit categories under Posts Categories to set colours.

Часта задаваныя пытанні

Does this change my theme files?

No. The plugin injects minimal front-end CSS and uses WordPress filters to apply colour/case where categories are rendered.

What does “Force display case” do?

It changes how category names appear on the site (front-end) without changing what’s stored in the database.

What does “Normalize all existing categories” do?

It updates category names in the database to match the selected Storage case style. This may merge categories if two names become identical after normalization.

Can I undo normalization?

Not automatically. Consider exporting a backup before normalization if you have many categories.

Водгукі

На гэты плагін няма водгукаў.

Удзельнікі і распрацоўшчыкі

“Half Baked Category Colours” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Удзельнікі

Журнал змяненняў

1.1.10

  • Fix: child category colour inheritance now applies everywhere categories are rendered (including per-post category links and category lists).

1.1.9

  • Child categories now inherit the first available parent category colour when no colour is set.

1.1.8

  • Fix: per-category colours now apply reliably even when the theme output does not include term ID classes on category links.

1.1.7

  • Fix: pill styling now renders even when no global default colour is set (uses theme link colour via currentColor fallback).

1.1.6

  • Fix: front-end pill/tint CSS now reliably loads by using a src-less enqueued stylesheet handle (inline-only), restoring pill styling on the front end.

1.1.5

  • Ensure pill styling applies even when a category has no colour set.
  • Case formatting and normalization include the default category (Uncategorized).

1.1.4

  • Added a Categories list column showing a colour swatch.
  • Added Quick Edit support (colour picker + hex field) for categories.

1.1.3

  • Settings link now goes to Posts Categories.
  • Added inline settings panel on the Categories screen.

1.1.0

  • Added category name case tools: force display case, normalize all, bulk actions, and auto-apply on create/edit (categories only).
  • Kept colour styling options unchanged.

1.0.5

  • Styling options and Settings link improvements.