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Custom Highlight Color

wordpress.org·Design & Creative

Custom Highlight Color is a WordPress plugin that allows users to customize the color used when text is selected on their site. The setting is available in the WordPress Customizer with live preview. It overrides default browser and device highlight colors, helping improve readability and maintain brand consistency, especially useful when themes do not provide this option.

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Overview

3 features

Custom Highlight Color is a Design & Creative product. Poor default text selection highlight colors on websites that reduce readability or branding consistency. Custom Highlight Color is a consumer product aimed at wordPress site owners and designers. Custom Highlight Color is free to use. Custom Highlight Color is available on the web, and it can be self-hosted.

Nick Halsey builds and maintains Custom Highlight Color, and the product first shipped in 2016. Among its 3 catalogued features are Customizer Integration, Live Preview, and Highlight Color Control. The interface is available in English and Romansh.

  • ✓Customizer Integration
  • ✓Live Preview
  • ✓Highlight Color Control

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text-highlightcustomizerbrandingaccessibility

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BrowserSelf-hosted

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LicenseProprietary
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✓ HTTPS✓ Privacy Policy✓ Free tier✓ Multi-language
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  1. IndexedJul 28, 7:44 AM

    Custom Highlight Color verified by the PulseGate indexer

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Frequently asked questions about Custom Highlight Color

What is Custom Highlight Color?
Poor default text selection highlight colors on websites that reduce readability or branding consistency. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.
Who should use Custom Highlight Color?
Custom Highlight Color is a consumer product built for wordPress site owners and designers.
Does Custom Highlight Color have a free plan?
Yes — Custom Highlight Color is free to use.
What platforms does Custom Highlight Color run on?
Custom Highlight Color runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Custom Highlight Color still active?
PulseGate's liveness checks currently classify Custom Highlight Color as active.
What tools are similar to Custom Highlight Color?
Similar tools tracked by PulseGate include Highlite, HA Background Color Customizer, and HA Font Color Customizer.HighliteHA Background Color CustomizerHA Font Color Customizer
Who develops Custom Highlight Color?
Custom Highlight Color is developed by Nick Halsey.
How long has Custom Highlight Color been around?
Custom Highlight Color first shipped in 2016.

At a glance

Pricing
Free
Platforms
Web
Languages
English, Romansh
First seen
Jul 28, 2026
Activity
🟢 Active
Status
🟢 Active
Built for
WordPress site owners and designers
Model
B2C
Solves
Poor default text selection highlight colors on websites that reduce readability or branding consistency.

Developer

Nick Halsey

Live coverage

Confidence
High · 86
Indexed
Jul 28, 2026
Lifecycle
Alive
Activity
Active
First seen
Jul 2026
Last seen
today
Identity audit (10)
Entity ID
cms4covfr0ff1vvt80w8taiqe
Slug
custom-highlight-color-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked
Jul 28, 2026
Verification state
Indexed for public listing
Claim / listing state
Unclaimed · listed: yes
Index status
Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot
Jul 28, 2026
Timeline basis
Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Last updated
Jul 28, 2026
Canonical URL
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-highlight-color

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