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Hero Color Picker

by Marc Tönsing

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Hero Color Picker adds per-post background and font color controls to the editor sidebar for hero styling via CSS on elements with the hero-colored class.

Features:
– Two color controls: Background Color and Font Color
– On-demand color pickers in compact dropdown popovers
– Live preview of both colors together directly in the sidebar
– Applies selected colors to the editor post summary area for a closer backend preview
– Removes the featured image preview outline while a custom background color is active
– Accessibility check for WCAG AAA Normal Text with PASS / FAILED status
– Panel is shown only while editing posts (post), not in template editing contexts
– Adds a core-like posts list view Hero Background to show only posts with a custom hero background color
– Works on elements that have the CSS class hero-colored

Stored as post meta:
hero_color_picker_hero_color
hero_color_picker_font_color

Frontend output (only when values are set):

.hero-colored {
    background-color: $background;
    color: $font;
}

.hero-colored a {
    color: $font;
}

Important template setup:
– Open your block theme template (for example Single) in the Site Editor.
– Select the Group block that should receive the hero styles.
– In block settings, add hero-colored to Additional CSS class(es).

Screenshots

Hero Color Picker sidebar panel with background color, font color, live preview, and WCAG status.

Hero Color Picker sidebar panel with background color, font color, live preview, and WCAG status.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
0
Total Downloads
723
Version
1.0.20
Requires WP
5.9
Requires PHP
7.3
Tested Up To
7.0.4
Added
2026-03-09
Last Updated
2026-05-17 1:08pm GMT

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