If you, like me, have a hard time with the two available color schemes for the WordPress 2.7 admin interface – take heart! Help is on the way.
At the request of one of my clients, I went on a hunt for a plugin that would allow me either more choices in color schemes or to define my own color scheme for the admin interface. Eureka! I have found it! Only one problem: it is not compatible with WP 2.7…yet. According to the plugin author’s blog (in a comment dated 1/6/09), he is about 80% of the way done with the upgrade to the plugin and expects it to be available “very soon.” Hallelujah!
Easy Admin Color Schemes is the name of the plugin, and it’s available in the WordPress Plugin Directory. You can choose from two (or more, who knows yet?) color schemes, or create your own!
My recommendation: Go download and install it now (here’s how), but DO NOT ACTIVATE it until the upgrade is available. Just let it sit in your inactive plugins list, until you get that handy little notification that there is an upgrade available for it. Then, UPGRADE it, first, and INSTALL it! By downloading and installing it now, you won’t have to hunt it down again, and you can capitalize on the fact that WordPress lets you know when upgrades become available for plugins. As soon as v3.0 is out – upgrade and activate that baby and give your ol’ eyeballs a break!
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