Description

Half Baked Tag Colour Manager lets you set tag colours at multiple levels:

Per-tag colour (set on the Tags screen)
Per-post/page colour (set on the editor screen or Quick Edit)
Default tag colour (set in Settings Half Baked Tag Colour Manager)
Theme default colour

Per-tag colours override the post/page colour, which overrides the plugin default.

You can also manage tag case:

Choose a Storage case (database normalization)
Optionally auto-apply Storage case when tags are created/edited
Optionally force a Display case sitewide on the front end
Bulk-normalize selected tags from the Tags screen

Half Baked Tag Colour Manager lets you set a single colour per post which is applied to that post’s tags anywhere they appear on the site.

Features:
* Post editor meta box colour picker + hex field + clear/default
* Quick Edit support on the Posts list screen
* Optional pill styling and spacing controls
* Optional background tint and underline
* Optional border thickness and pill shape controls
* Optional default tag colour (used when a tag/post has no colour set)
* Tag case normalization (bulk actions + “Normalize all” button)
* Optional front-end display case forcing

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Installation

Upload the half-baked-tag-colour-manager folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via the WordPress Plugins screen.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
Go to Posts Tags and scroll to the Half Baked Tag Colour Manager Settings panel (or use Posts Tags Half Baked Tag Colour Manager) to configure display options.
Edit a post and set a Tag Colour in the sidebar meta box (or via Quick Edit).

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Contributors & Developers

“Half Baked Tag Colour Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

emrysh

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Changelog

1.9.16

Remove discouraged load_plugin_textdomain() call (WP.org translations load automatically).

1.9.15

Remove legacy compatibility code (no legacy meta cleanup or fallback reads).

1.9.14

Fix: Update text domain to match plugin slug (half-baked-tag-colour-manager) per WordPress.org review.

1.9.12

Fix uninstall warnings (prefix globals) and remove stray placeholder.

1.9.10

Fix: plugin checker compliance (text domain + global prefixing).

1.9.9

Change: Rename plugin (and text domain) for WordPress.org review clarity.
Change: Prefix option/meta keys with hbtm_ (with backward-compatible reads).

1.9.8

Fix: remove comma separators when Pill style is enabled (including core/post-terms output).

1.9.6

Fix: remove comma separators when Pill style is enabled for themes using get_the_tag_list()/get_the_term_list().

1.9.4

Fix: Tag Case settings now save correctly.
Fix: Exception lists are visible and editable again.
Fix: Normalize all tags now works reliably (settings are registered).

1.9.3

Fix: Avoid function name collisions with older Tag Colours/Tag Manager builds (prevents activation crashes).
Maintenance: Guard constant definitions to prevent notices when multiple Half Baked plugins are active.

1.9.1

Fix: Prevent slowdowns/freezes by avoiding recursive term updates and removing deep term retrieval filters.
Fix: Versioning consistency.

1.9.0

Integrated Tag Case Manager into Half Baked Tag Colour Manager (no exceptions): storage case, auto-apply, display forcing, and bulk normalization.

1.8.4

Fix Plugin Check escaping warnings for term field output.

1.8.0

Plugin Check: sanitize/unslash inputs, add nonce verification for Quick Edit and term saves.
Escape admin HTML output using wp_kses_post() to satisfy security sniffing.

1.7.4

Settings now work the same way as Half Baked Category Colours: an inline settings panel appears at the bottom of Posts Tags, and the Plugins screen Settings link goes to Posts Tags.
Kept the dedicated Posts Tags Half Baked Tag Colour Manager submenu for admins who prefer a separate screen.

1.7.3

Fixed tag colour editing and tag Quick Edit pickers.
Moved settings into Posts Tags Half Baked Tag Colour Manager (separate screen).

1.7.2

Fix: Tag edit screen colour picker now syncs to hex and saves correctly.
Fix: Tag Quick Edit colour picker now works reliably (proper script dependency).
Change: Settings moved onto Posts Tags screen; plugin Settings link now goes there.

1.7.1

Added per-tag colour (term meta) with add/edit + Quick Edit support.
Tag colour resolution hierarchy: per-tag per-post/page plugin default theme default.
Improved frontend wrappers so pill styling can apply even when no colour is set.