by Nexcess 5 (61 reviews)

The Events Calendar: Category Colors

Name: The Events Calendar: Category Colors
Rating: 5.0 (61 reviews)
Author: Nexcess

Add event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.

The Events Calendar ranks #3,327 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #84 of 1,922 in the Calendar & Events category, a 5/5 rating from 61 reviews, and was last updated Sep 16, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 7.1.2)

v7.4.2 Current Version v7.4.2

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 16 Sep, 2025

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#84 of 1,922 in Calendar & Events Top 5% by installs Downloads -8.1% this week No update in over a year

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#3,327

+11 this week

Active Installs

4K+

-19%

KW Avg Position

80.8

1 worse

Downloads

445.8K

+19 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (61 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 87%

4K+ 5K+

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Reviews & Ratings

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61 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 7.4.2
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Requires WP: 6.3+
Tested Up To: 6.7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Nexcess

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 61
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners using The Events Calendar plugin who want to visually distinguish event categories. It adds background colors to event categories shown in event views, with settings managed from a dedicated tab in The Events Calendar Settings page.

Background colors for event categories
Dedicated settings tab
CSS refresh via URL parameter
Re-save settings to refresh CSS

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about The Events Calendar: Category Colors

Yes. The Events Calendar plugin is written by StellarWP. It requires at least The Events Calendar v5.0.

The last compatible version of this plugin that works with TEC 2.x is The Events Calendar: Category Colors v1.6.3.

There is more extensive documentation of the plugins features and usage on the The Events Calendar: Category Colors wiki.

Make sure you are reporting in a safe and responsible way. We take security very seriously. If you discover a security issue, please bring it to our attention right away! Below you will find all the methods to report security vulnerabilities: Report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program Check our Bug Bounty Program Reach out directly to us on security [at] stellarwp.com.

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