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Mawu Dark Mode is a free admin dark mode for WordPress. It darkens the whole wp-admin: the dashboard, the menu and toolbar, the block editor (including the page you write on), the Classic Editor, and other plugins' settings screens. It needs no account, and nothing is tracked unless you opt in.<\/p>\n\n
Mawu is not a floating toggle. Its 23 themes are real WordPress admin color schemes, listed under Users \u2192 Profile \u2192 Admin Color Scheme next to \"Default\" and \"Midnight\". Each person on your site picks their own, so your choice changes nothing for anyone else.<\/p>\n\n
WordPress's built-in color schemes only change the menu and toolbar. The rest of the dashboard stays bright, and so does the block editor's writing canvas. Mawu covers both:<\/p>\n\n
?mawu=dark<\/code> or ?mawu=light<\/code> to any link to your site. The page opens in that mode and remembers it.<\/li>\n- Elementor widget:<\/strong> a \"Dark mode switch\" widget with text, size and alignment, when Elementor is active.<\/li>\n
- Your own shortcut:<\/strong> record any key combination for the quick switch, on the settings page or your profile. It never fires while you type, and common browser and editor shortcuts are refused.<\/li>\n
- Export and import:<\/strong> copy your Mawu settings to another site in one small file.<\/li>\n
- Private and light:<\/strong> no license key, and no data leaves your site unless you opt in (see External services). The dark-mode script is about 10 KB and only loads when dark mode is on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
How dark mode for visitors works<\/h4>\n\n
It is off until you turn it on under Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Frontend. Mawu first uses your theme's own color settings (block themes and many popular themes), so the result looks designed, not filtered. For other themes it adjusts each element's color after the page loads. A tiny script in the page head applies the visitor's choice before the first paint, so there is no white flash, and it works with page caching because nothing changes on the server.<\/p>\n\n
External services<\/h3>\n\n
Dark mode itself runs entirely in your browser and your own WordPress install. Mawu uses the Freemius SDK for Mawu Pro licensing and updates:<\/p>\n\n
Freemius (licensing)<\/strong> \u2014 on activation, Freemius shows its own opt-in screen. It asks permission before any data is shared, and you can skip it; skipping does not change how the plugin works. Only if you opt in, Freemius receives your site URL, WordPress, PHP and plugin versions, your admin email and name, plugin events such as activation, deactivation and uninstall, and (if you leave that option on) your list of plugins and themes. It contacts the Freemius API (api.freemius.com<\/code>) to check license status and deliver Pro updates. See Freemius's Privacy Policy: https:\/\/freemius.com\/privacy\/ and Terms of Service: https:\/\/freemius.com\/terms\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n- In your dashboard, go to Plugins \u2192 Add New, search for \"Mawu Dark Mode\", then install and activate it. (Or upload the
mawu-dark-mode<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.)<\/li>\n- Open Mawu in the admin menu, pick a theme in the Admin section and click \"Use\". You can also pick one under Users \u2192 Profile \u2192 Admin Color Scheme.<\/li>\n
- Optional: set your schedule under Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Schedule (or Users \u2192 Profile), and turn on the dark login page in the Admin section.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
\nHow do I turn on dark mode in the WordPress admin?<\/h3><\/dt>\nInstall and activate Mawu, then open Mawu in the admin menu, pick the theme you like and click \"Use\". The whole admin changes straight away. You can switch back to WordPress's default scheme from the same page.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I switch dark mode on and off quickly?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Click the moon or sun button in the top admin bar, on any screen. It switches at once, without reloading the page, and remembers both your dark theme and your light scheme. Hover the button to pick another theme. Ctrl+Alt+D does the same, and you can pick your own key combination on the Mawu settings page or on your profile. You can also turn on a floating button in the corner, in the Admin section of the Mawu settings page.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it work with the block editor (Gutenberg)?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. The toolbar, sidebars, buttons and the writing canvas all follow your chosen theme.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it work with the Classic Editor?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Turn on \"Classic Editor: dark writing area\" in the Admin section of the Mawu settings page. It applies when the Classic Editor plugin is active.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can it switch on automatically at night?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, two ways. On Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Schedule (or your Profile screen), under \"When should dark mode be on?\", choose \"On a schedule\", set your hours and pick a theme. Mawu switches to it during those hours and back to your usual scheme the rest of the day. Or choose \"Match my device\": the admin follows your computer's or phone's light or dark setting, and changes as soon as it does. Both are per person. A click on the dark mode switch still wins until the next change.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does this change what my site visitors see?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNot unless you turn on dark mode for visitors under Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Frontend. It is off by default. Admin dark mode never changes your public site.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Will dark mode for visitors work with my theme?<\/h3><\/dt>\nIt is tested with the default WordPress themes and popular themes such as Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, OceanWP and Neve, and with Elementor and other page builders. If a part of your page looks wrong, add its CSS selector to the exclude list, or tick \"Never darken\" on that page, and please tell us in the support forum.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Will other plugins' settings pages change too?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, in most cases. Mawu reads their real colors, so it works without a list of supported plugins. If something stays light, please open a support topic with the plugin's name.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can a link open my site in dark mode?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Add ?mawu=dark<\/code> to any link, for example https:\/\/example.com\/?mawu=dark<\/code>. Use ?mawu=light<\/code> for light, or ?mawu=auto<\/code> to follow the visitor's device again. The choice is remembered like a click on the switch, and the parameter is removed from the address bar. It only works while dark mode for visitors is on. Page caches are not affected, because the page itself never changes.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes this send any data anywhere?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNot unless you opt in. Dark mode runs in your browser and your own WordPress install. Mawu uses Freemius for Pro licensing, and its opt-in screen on activation can be skipped. See External services above for what is sent if you opt in.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Is there a Pro version?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Mawu Pro and the Agency plan are available now. The free plugin stays complete: every theme, both editors, the login page, the quick switch, the schedule and dark mode for visitors stay free. Pro adds a theme builder, intensity and OLED black, sunset-to-sunrise and weekly schedules, site controls for roles and screens, more visitor switch designs and colours, dark versions of your images, videos, logo and site icon, keeping chosen categories, tags and post types light, and seasonal effects (snow with the Christmas themes, ghosts and bats with the Halloween ones). Agency has everything in Pro, plus white-label, client lock, settings sync between sites and multisite network controls. There is a 30-day free trial, with no payment needed to start. See Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Tools.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I copy my settings to another site?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. On Mawu \u2192 More settings \u2192 Tools, \"Download settings file\" saves one small .json file with the site's Mawu options and your own theme and schedule. On the other site, choose that file and click \"Check file\". Mawu shows what will change, and nothing is saved until you click Apply. Themes the other site doesn't have are skipped.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Can I add my own CSS for dark mode?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes, with WordPress's own Additional CSS: Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Additional CSS, or in a block theme the Site Editor's Styles \u2192 Additional CSS. Start each rule with html[data-mawu-mode=\"dark\"]<\/code> so it applies only while a visitor has dark mode on:<\/p>\n\nhtml[data-mawu-mode=\"dark\"] .site-footer { background: #000; }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nAdditional CSS only reaches your public site. For CSS in the admin (added by your own code or an admin CSS plugin), start each rule with body.admin-color-<\/code> and the Mawu theme's name in lower case, so light schemes never match it:<\/p>\n\nbody.admin-color-graphite #adminmenu { border-right: 1px solid #333; }\n<\/code><\/pre><\/dd>\nI make a plugin. How do I make my admin screens match Mawu?<\/h3><\/dt>\nMawu adjusts other plugins' screens automatically, but your own CSS loads first, so light panels can show for a moment before Mawu reaches them. To avoid that, use Mawu's color variables with your normal color as the fallback:<\/p>\n\n
background: var(--mawu-surface, #fff); color: var(--mawu-text, #1d2327);\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nAvailable: --mawu-bg<\/code>, --mawu-surface<\/code>, --mawu-surface-alt<\/code>, --mawu-border<\/code>, --mawu-text<\/code>, --mawu-text-muted<\/code>, --mawu-accent<\/code> and --mawu-link<\/code>. They are set on <body><\/code> only when the person viewing uses a Mawu theme, so nothing changes for anyone else.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n0.11.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: Mawu has its own menu item and one settings page. Admin settings are on the page. Frontend, Schedule and Tools open in panels from the side, under More settings. Old links to Settings \u2192 Mawu Dark Mode and to the old Mawu pages still work.<\/li>\n
- New: a drawn preview of each theme that repaints as you move over the list, with a line that says when dark mode turns on. Each theme has a one-line description.<\/li>\n
- New: a People section shows who uses which theme, 20 at a time, with search.<\/li>\n
- New: the Schedule panel (it was called \"Dark hours\"). Editors and authors can still set their schedule on their profile.<\/li>\n
- New: if your site clock is a fixed UTC offset, the schedule tells you it will not change for daylight saving, with a link to pick your city.<\/li>\n
- New: \"Match my device\". The admin follows your computer's or phone's light or dark setting, live, with your own dark theme and light scheme. Choose it under \"When to use dark mode\", on the settings page or your profile.<\/li>\n
- New: choose your own quick switch shortcut. Press a key combination to record it, reset it to Ctrl+Alt+D, or turn it off. It needs Ctrl or Alt, never fires while you type, and refuses common browser, system and editor shortcuts. Set it on the Mawu settings page or your profile.<\/li>\n
- New theme: Graphite, plain grey with WordPress blue, in a new Neutral collection. Thanks to the reviewer who asked for it.<\/li>\n
- New: three more neutral themes in the Neutral collection. Carbon is plain dark grey with no colour at all, Slate is a cool blue-grey and Stone is a warm grey. Each passes the same contrast checks as every other theme, and their links are underlined and bold in text.<\/li>\n
- New: Halloween and Christmas collections, three themes each. That makes 23 themes.<\/li>\n
- New: dark mode for your website's visitors, with the same themes. Off by default. Visitors get a switch, the site can follow their device setting, and photos are dimmed, never inverted.<\/li>\n
- New: a Frontend panel with a live preview of your site, and a \"Your site's colours\" theme made from your own theme.<\/li>\n
- New: choose where the visitor switch sits, its size, its text and which screens show it, hide it on some pages, or add it to a menu.<\/li>\n
- New: a free \"Sun and moon pair\" switch design for visitors. The sun and the moon sit side by side, and the active one is lit.<\/li>\n
- New: choose how bright photos are in dark mode, with an option to lower their contrast a little. Logos and icons stay as they are.<\/li>\n
- New: open any page in dark or light mode with
?mawu=dark<\/code> or ?mawu=light<\/code> in the link.<\/li>\n- New: a \"Dark mode switch\" widget for Elementor.<\/li>\n
- New: export your Mawu settings to a file and import them on another site, with a preview of what will change before anything is saved.<\/li>\n
- New: \"Rate Mawu\" links on the Plugins screen and on the settings page. Nothing pops up.<\/li>\n
- Changed: the Admin section's first group holds Dark mode, When to use dark mode, the floating button and the shortcut, with no group headings. Theme choices on the Frontend, Schedule and login page settings share one list design (collections, swatch and name).<\/li>\n
- Changed: the settings page follows your own color scheme. A Mawu theme paints it in that theme's colors, and WordPress's own schemes give a light page in their accent color. It changes straight away when you switch, with no reload. The Auto, Light and Dark buttons are gone.<\/li>\n
- Changed: every theme picker shows each theme's name next to its colours.<\/li>\n
- Changed: the plugin's name now includes your website: \"Mawu Dark Mode for the Admin Dashboard, Editor & Website\".<\/li>\n
- Faster: switching themes is instant. The page repaints first and saves in the background.<\/li>\n
- Faster: the People section uses one database query instead of one per theme.<\/li>\n
- New: visitor dark mode checks text on bright or coloured buttons, menus and boxes, on hover and focus too, and keeps it readable.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: in the block editor with Carbon, the settings sidebar and List View stayed white with very faint text. Every theme now shows them dark and easy to read.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the block editor's sidebar, List View, the Meta Boxes area and boxes from other plugins now share one background colour, and the Meta Boxes drag handle is no longer a white bar.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the post title box at the top of the block editor stands out from the toolbar again, and editor notices keep their colour (amber for warnings, red for errors, green for success, blue for information).<\/li>\n
- Fixed: scrollbars are easy to see in every dark theme, including the List View, the sidebar and the writing area.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: in the block editor, a Save or Publish button you cannot press yet now looks clearly greyed out in every theme, and the Publish button's label is readable on light theme colours.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the numbers in the admin menu's count bubbles (comments, updates) use the theme's own colours, so they are easy to read on light accents.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: after switching to light without a reload, the Bulk Edit fields on the Posts screen no longer keep white text.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: WooCommerce's \"View cart\" button and link are easy to read in dark mode.<\/li>\n
- Pro: intensity slider and OLED black, sunset-to-sunrise and weekly schedules, a theme builder, site controls for roles and screens, seasonal effects, more visitor switch designs and colours with drag to place, dark versions of images, videos, logo and site icon, and category, tag and post type excludes.<\/li>\n
- Pro: seasonal effects can run only on the screens you tick in a named list.<\/li>\n
- Pro: visitor seasonal effects follow the theme your visitors get: snow with a Christmas theme, ghosts and bats with a Halloween one.<\/li>\n
- Pro: the Dot switch design is now clearly visible on any page.<\/li>\n
- Pro: one licence activation covers a whole multisite network.<\/li>\n
- Agency: white-label, client lock and settings sync, in their own Agency panel under More settings, plus multisite network controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.10.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- The dark mode button now also switches the Classic Editor's writing box straight away, with no reload.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.10.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- The dark mode button now also switches the block editor's writing area straight away, with no reload.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: after switching inside the editor, the theme list's colour dots and the button icon could look dimmed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.10.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: a dark mode button in the top admin bar on every screen. One click switches dark mode on or off with no page reload, and hovering it lists all 13 themes. Ctrl+Alt+D works too.<\/li>\n
- New: an optional floating dark mode button for the corner of every screen. It is off by default; turn it on under Settings \u2192 Mawu Dark Mode.<\/li>\n
- Switching to light during your dark hours keeps it light until those hours end.<\/li>\n
- Settings page: the theme list now uses several columns when there is room, so it is shorter on wide screens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.10.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- A new, full-width settings page with more space and less clutter.<\/li>\n
- Themes: pick a theme from the list to see it in a large live preview. Nothing changes until you click \"Use\". You can undo straight away.<\/li>\n
- \"Also darken\" options are now switches that save as you flip them, with no Save button and no page reload.<\/li>\n
- A new People section shows how many people use a Mawu theme and dark hours, and which themes they use.<\/li>\n
- A one-time note, two weeks after install, asks if you'd like to rate Mawu. It goes away for good once you answer.<\/li>\n
- Everything still works with JavaScript turned off.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: in the left menu, the page you're on now stands out, with brighter text, a darker row and an accent bar. Before, only bold text marked it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.7<\/h4>\n\n\n- Plugin listing tidied: a shorter name (\"Mawu Dark Mode for the Admin Dashboard & Editor\") and plainer wording, without repeating the same phrase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.6<\/h4>\n\n\n- Clearer plugin listing: a new name on WordPress.org (\"Mawu Dark Mode \u2013 Admin Dark Theme for Dashboard & Editor\"), a rewritten description and new FAQ answers.<\/li>\n
- The settings page has a small link to rate Mawu on WordPress.org.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Settings page: the theme cards are roomier, with even spacing on every side. Each card shows the theme name, then its collection and how many people use it.<\/li>\n
- Settings page: the header now shows Mawu's real moon icon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- New look for Settings \u2192 Mawu Dark Mode: frosted-glass cards in Mawu's own violet palette, with your theme, dark hours and site usage shown as cards across the top.<\/li>\n
- The settings page has its own Auto, Light and Dark switch. Auto follows your admin: dark under a Mawu theme, light under WordPress's own schemes.<\/li>\n
- Every color on the page passes accessibility contrast checks in both light and dark, including over the soft background glow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- The plugin is now listed as by Uwawp, with links to uwawp.com, the same as Ariadne Related Posts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- New for plugin developers: Mawu's colors are available as CSS variables (
--mawu-surface<\/code>, --mawu-text<\/code> and others, listed in the FAQ), so other plugins can show their admin screens dark from the start instead of flashing white.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.9.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed a white flash when hovering the Categories or Tags panel headers (and similar animated hovers) in the block editor sidebar. Hovered panel headers now show a darker shade of your theme instead.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the white flash when you load or refresh Appearance \u2192 Menus. Site Health, Privacy, the theme and plugin file editors, and empty lists no longer flash white either.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the Plugins \u2192 \"View details\" popup staying completely white.<\/li>\n
- Fixed light tabs and pill-shaped filter links staying light (for example the tabs on Appearance \u2192 Menus), and the gray counts next to filter links (like \"All (2,405)\") being hard to read.<\/li>\n
- Links and buttons in your theme's color now switch to white or black when another plugin puts them on its own colored background (for example AI Engine's blue header), so they stay readable.<\/li>\n
- Buttons and boxes that other plugins color with modern CSS color formats (oklab, oklch) are now darkened like everything else.<\/li>\n
- The expand arrows on block editor sidebar panels are visible again.<\/li>\n
- Dark login screen: the password \"show\" eye icon and the Remember Me checkbox now match your theme, instead of staying WordPress blue and bright white.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New Hero collection: seven bold dark themes, each built around one signature color. Emerald (green), Gargoyle (yellow on charcoal), Skyline (red on navy), Forge (orange on dark red), Onyx (purple), Velocity (gold on crimson) and Abyss (teal). Like every Mawu theme, each one passes accessibility contrast checks for text, links and buttons.<\/li>\n
- The settings page now has a filter, so you can show all themes or just one collection. The theme grid fits more cards per row.<\/li>\n
- The usage chart on the settings page now only shows themes people actually use, busiest first. The rest are listed on one line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.8.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New settings page. Settings \u2192 Mawu Dark Mode now shows all six themes as live previews, and you can switch to one with a single click. It also shows your schedule, and how many people on your site use each theme (counted on your site only; nothing is sent anywhere).<\/li>\n
- The block editor now uses your theme's colors: the Publish button, the + inserter, toggles, focus outlines and the selected-block outline follow your Mawu theme instead of staying WordPress blue.<\/li>\n
- Scheduled dark mode now says whether dark hours are on right now, when the next switch happens, and that the times follow your site's clock. The time fields hide while scheduling is off.<\/li>\n
- The login screen theme choice only appears once the dark login screen is turned on, with a small preview of how it will look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.6<\/h4>\n\n\n- Links are easier to read. Each theme now has its own link color that meets accessibility contrast on cards and panels (Mawu and Ember links were slightly too dim before), and no longer looks like a warning or error message.<\/li>\n
- Secondary and hint text now stay a step dimmer than body text, instead of all turning the same shade in dark mode.<\/li>\n
- Admin pages load less code: Mawu's dark-mode script is now minified, cutting what it adds to each admin page from about 50 KB to about 7 KB. The readable source still ships with the plugin.<\/li>\n
- Old settings left over from version 0.5 and earlier are now cleaned up automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed people who don't use a Mawu theme getting a dark writing area in the block editor and Classic Editor. The dark canvas now only appears for someone using one of Mawu's themes.<\/li>\n
- Fixed Mawu wiping out colors that other plugins set directly on their own elements, such as status dots and colored badges, once you interacted with the page. This also brings back the color previews in Users \u2192 Profile \u2192 Admin Color Scheme.<\/li>\n
- Fixed scheduled dark mode replacing your normal color scheme if you saved your profile during dark hours. The profile page now shows your saved scheme, with a note when dark hours are on.<\/li>\n
- Colored badges and buttons with mid-tone backgrounds no longer get lighter in dark mode, so their white text stays readable.<\/li>\n
- Uninstalling Mawu now also removes everyone's scheduled dark mode settings, and cleans up every site on a multisite network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the \"Select\" \/ \"Insert into post\" button in the media picker (Add Media, Set featured image) showing as a bright light-gray block while no file is selected. Disabled buttons now use the theme's own dark colors, and still switch to the theme's accent color once you pick a file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed some plugins' checkbox-style controls (e.g. Cloudways WordPress Migrator's \"I agree to Terms & Conditions\" checkbox) looking checked when they weren't. Some plugins draw their checkmark with a hardcoded white icon that's only meant to be invisible against a light, unchecked box \u2014 darkening the page around it was making that icon visible by accident. It now stays properly hidden until the box is actually checked.<\/li>\n
- Verified compatible with WordPress 7.1.2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed toggle switches (e.g. other plugins' \"flat\" on\/off switches, like Rank Math's \"Lock Modified Date\", and WordPress's own toggle switches in the block editor's Preferences panel) keeping the same color regardless of whether they were actually on or off \u2014 the color now updates the moment you click it.<\/li>\n
- Fixed a related issue in radio button groups where switching to a new option could leave the previous option still looking selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed white\/light text on the \"Plugin Details\" and \"Theme Details\" popup (the one you get from Plugins \u2192 Add New, or Appearance \u2192 Themes) \u2014 it's a real full-page navigation inside its own iframe, not just an overlay, and wasn't getting dark-mode styling.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the dark-mode engine potentially freezing the tab for a couple of seconds right after a page finishes loading, on admin screens with a very large number of rows (e.g. \"Number of items per page\" set high on a big list). It now recolors the page in small time-sliced batches instead of all at once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added per-user scheduled dark mode: set your own dark hours (e.g. 7pm\u20137am) on your Profile screen and Mawu automatically switches your admin color scheme to a chosen dark theme during that window, then reverts to your normal scheme the rest of the time. Configured entirely on your own profile, no site-wide setting.<\/li>\n
- Gave every theme's own accent color real presence throughout the admin content area \u2014 links, primary buttons, focus outlines, checked checkboxes\/radios, and active tabs now use the theme's own accent instead of WordPress core's default blue.<\/li>\n
- Added semantic status colors (success\/warning\/error\/info) for notices, kept intentionally separate from each theme's brand accent so status meaning stays unambiguous regardless of which theme is active.<\/li>\n
- Fixed several color-contrast accessibility issues found during an audit: muted text on five of the six themes fell short of WCAG AA contrast against its actual background; the login screen's primary button text was very low contrast on several themes.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the original \"Mawu\" theme's block-editor heading color, which had drifted out of sync with its own token.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.6.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Theme selection is now fully per-user \u2014 removed the site-wide \"Force for everyone\" setting entirely. Every admin picks their own theme from Users \u2192 Profile \u2192 Admin Color Scheme; the (unauthenticated) login screen keeps its own separate theme choice under Settings \u2192 Mawu Dark Mode \u2192 Login screen theme.<\/li>\n
- The five nature themes are now labeled \"Canopy - Mawu\", \"Tide - Mawu\", \"Dune - Mawu\", \"Ember - Mawu\", and \"Fern - Mawu\" in the color-scheme picker.<\/li>\n
- Fixed a significant bug: the per-element dark-mode engine that actually recolors most dashboard\/editor content only ever ran for the \"Mawu\" theme itself \u2014 Canopy, Tide, Dune, Ember, and Fern never got its benefit, leaving white\/unstyled regions anywhere critical CSS didn't already specifically cover. Now runs correctly for all six themes.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the Themes screen's theme cards (name bar, hover actions, buttons) rendering with a white background.<\/li>\n
- Fixed a disabled dropdown (e.g. Settings \u2192 Reading's \"static page\" choosers) keeping its native white background.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the Dashboard's Recent Comments widget rows losing a background-color specificity conflict against WordPress core.<\/li>\n
- Fixed a real upgrade-path bug: sites that had a login screen theme configured before this version could silently lose that choice back to the default. It's now correctly carried forward.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the block editor's post title\/heading color on the original \"Mawu\" theme, which had drifted to a slightly wrong shade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.5.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added five new dark themes \u2014 Canopy, Tide, Dune, Ember, and Fern \u2014 alongside Mawu, each with its own take on the block editor canvas, Classic Editor, and login screen.<\/li>\n
- The \"Force for everyone\" setting now includes a theme picker, so you can choose which of the six themes gets applied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.10<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added dark styling for the Customizer (Appearance \u2192 Customize) \u2014 the panel shell and every section\/panel title are now dark. Note: on themes with a very large number of Customizer panels, some individual control labels only go dark once you interact with that panel, rather than immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.9<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the \"Screen Options\"\/\"Help\" tab buttons flashing white on every single admin screen.<\/li>\n
- Fixed remaining flashes on the Dashboard (Welcome panel, Recent Comments widget, Quick Draft), the Media Library's Attachment Details dialog, and the Comments screen's Quick Edit reply box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.8<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the Add Plugins screen's tab row (Featured\/Popular\/Recommended\/Favorites) and \"Popular tags\" box flashing white on load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.7<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the real cause of an intermittent white flash on hover in the block editor sidebar: on a page with many plugins loading their own editor scripts, our own script could run late enough that a hover happening right after the page loads wouldn't be caught yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.6<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed a hover background that got stuck permanently dark after the mouse moved away, instead of returning to normal (found on the AI Engine \"Generate Title\" row dropdown).<\/li>\n
- Internal: fixed inline SVG icons never actually being protected from the recoloring engine (a case-sensitivity bug meant the intended skip silently never matched), which was also letting an icon's individual sub-parts get redundantly recolored instead of the icon as a whole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed a hover white background on the block editor sidebar's collapsible panel headers (e.g. the \"Tags\" panel), where the light background lived on the row around the button rather than the button itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the remaining flash on Add Plugins card details.<\/li>\n
- Fixed the \"Plugin\/Theme Details\" popup rendering completely white.<\/li>\n
- Fixed unreadable text in the block editor's Tags field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the legacy Widgets screen flashing white (found proactively, not reported).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Internal groundwork for supporting additional dark themes in the future.<\/li>\n
- Fixed remaining flashes on the Add Plugins\/Add Themes card grids, the color-scheme picker, and list tables on the Plugins and Updates screens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.9<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the post title not actually applying its dark color (was present but losing a CSS specificity conflict).<\/li>\n
- Fixed invisible checkbox\/radio buttons in Settings screens.<\/li>\n
- Fixed inconsistent flashing in list tables and form fields.<\/li>\n
- Removed an internal behavior that was making some borders look inconsistent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.6<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed cards, tables, and notices still briefly flashing light before darkening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Further reduced the flash of light styling on page load\/reload.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- Softened the overall color palette for a more comfortable, less stark contrast.<\/li>\n
- Fixed another caching edge case for Classic Editor's dark styling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the post title not showing in the block editor.<\/li>\n
- Fixed an issue where a color-scheme update could keep serving an old cached stylesheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.2.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed the block editor's writing canvas not darkening on some themes.<\/li>\n
- Reduced an initial flash of light styling on page load.<\/li>\n
- Softened background contrast to better match the rest of the dark theme.<\/li>\n
- Fixed some hover states still showing light styling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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