Description
Half Baked Category Colours adds a per-category colour picker and applies those colours sitewide wherever categories are displayed.
It is designed to be simple in day-to-day use. Set a colour once on the category screen and you are done. If you want a consistent “category pill” look across themes, you can optionally enable pill styling and fine-tune spacing, tint, underline, border thickness, and pill shape.
Highlights
* Set a colour per category on Posts Categories (add or edit), plus Quick Edit support.
* Optional default category colour (used when a category has no specific colour).
* Optional pill styling (rounded borders + padding), plus controls for pill gap, border thickness, pill shape, background tint, and underline.
* Category list screen improvements, including a colour swatch column and Quick Edit colour picker.
* Optional category name case tools (categories only), including Storage case, auto-apply on create or edit, forced Display case, and Normalize all.
How it works
- Go to Posts Categories and set a colour for each category you want styled.
- Optionally set a Default category colour to cover anything left unset.
- Optionally enable pill styling for a consistent look across themes.
Inheritance
If a child category has no colour set, it can inherit its parent category colour.
Privacy and data
This plugin does not send any data off-site. Colours and settings are stored locally in your WordPress database.
Uninstall
Uninstalling the plugin removes plugin settings and any stored metadata created by the plugin.
Screenshots
Category list screen showing a colour swatch column and Quick Edit support. 
Add or edit category screen showing the colour picker. 
Settings screen showing defaults, styling options, inheritance, and case tools.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/half-baked-category-coloursdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
- Go to Settings and open Half Baked Category Colours (or use the plugin’s settings link).
- Set your defaults and styling options.
- Assign colours to categories in Posts Categories.
FAQ
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Where do I change category colours?
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Go to Posts Categories. You can set colours when adding or editing a category, or via Quick Edit.
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What happens if I don’t set a colour?
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If you set a Default category colour, it will be used. Otherwise your theme’s default styling is used.
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Do I have to use pill styling?
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No. Pill styling is optional. You can just set category colours and let your theme handle layout, or enable pill styling for consistency.
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Do child categories inherit colours?
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Yes. If a child category has no colour set, it can inherit its parent category colour.
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What’s the difference between Storage case and Display case?
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Storage case is used for normalization of saved category names. Display case is an optional front-end rule for how category names appear to visitors.
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Will case tools change existing categories?
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Only if you run “Normalize all”, or if you enable auto-apply on create or edit for future changes.
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Contributors & Developers
“Half Baked Category Colours” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.11
Submission/compatibility updates and admin UI improvements.
1.1.10
Child categories inherit parent colour when unset.
1.1.9
Adds a default category colour option and ensures styling options apply even when a colour is not set.
1.1.8
Fixes per-category colours not applying in some themes.
1.1.7
Ensures pill styling still renders even when no default category colour is set.
1.1.6
Restores front-end pill/tint styling reliability.
1.1.5
Improves styling behaviour for categories without a colour set and includes Uncategorized in case tools.
1.1.0
Adds category name case tools (optional). No breaking changes expected.