Browser Address Bar Color Changer
A simple and secure plugin to change the browser address bar color on mobile devices using the theme-color meta tag.
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Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Maintained • Last updated 124 days ago
Is Browser Address Bar Color Changer abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 124 days ago).
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Description
Browser Address Bar Color Changer is a lightweight, secure, and easy-to-use plugin that allows you to set the color of the browser’s address bar on supported mobile browsers (like Chrome on Android). This helps in providing a more immersive, branded experience for your mobile visitors.
The plugin adds a theme-color meta tag to the head section of your website. You can easily pick your desired color from a simple color picker in the WordPress admin settings, without touching a single line of code.
Key Features:
Easy to Use: A simple color picker in the settings page (Settings > Browser Address Bar Color) with a direct link from the plugins page.
Secure: Built using the WordPress Settings API, ensuring all data is saved and outputted securely with proper sanitization, escaping, and validation.
Lightweight: The browser address bar color changer plugin is minimal and only loads its scripts on its own settings page, having zero impact on your site’s frontend performance.
Follows Best Practices: Coded to the highest WordPress standards with unique naming conventions to prevent plugin conflicts.
Installation
Upload the browser-address-bar-color-changer folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
A notice will appear at the top of your screen with a link to the settings page of browser address bar color changer plugin. Or, you can go to Settings > Browser Address Bar Color in your WordPress admin dashboard.
Choose your desired color using the color picker and click “Save Changes”.
Visit your website on a supported mobile device to see the new address bar color.
Frequently Asked Questions
This feature is supported by most modern mobile browsers, including Chrome for Android, Firefox OS, Samsung Internet, and Brave. It does not work on desktop browsers or on Safari for iOS.
No. The plugin is extremely lightweight. The frontend output is a single, simple HTML meta tag. The admin-side scripts (for the color picker) are only loaded on the plugin’s settings page, so they won’t affect the rest of your admin area or your site’s performance.
Navigate to Settings > Browser Address Bar Color in your WordPress admin dashboard. You can also click the “Settings” link directly from the Plugins page.
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Screenshots
Browser Address Bar Color Changer Plugin settings page with option to select the color for the address bar and preview
Mobile preview of a website showing address bar with blue color
Changelog
1.0.0
Initial release of the plugin with features to select the color for the browser address bar