Easy way to change theme colors?

  • Is there an easy way to customize the themes color palette? The customize menu only allows me to change header font color, but the color I am changing there I would like to replace all other instances of that color to match. For example its currently orange out of the box, and the orange carries to the post borders and the header text in the post as well. I changed the header text to blue but the rest of the site is orange and I would like it to match.

    I know I could install a custom CSS plugin but I have no idea which classes are involved to make sure I am getting everything properly.

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  • If you open up your site in Chrome, then right-click on an orange element and select Inspect element from the pop-up menu, then Chrome Developer Tools will open up, and the right pane will display the CSS rules which affect that element. Then just look for the rule which sets the color to orange, copy the selector to create your new rule, and set the color property to the color that you want. A little tedious, but that’s the easiest way I can think of. If you post a link to your site, I can perhaps show you some examples.

    Hi @andrewraia,

    In addition to @crouchingbruin’s tip for using your browser’s inspector tools to find the correct CSS classes to target, I’ve added an example of custom CSS that changes Fictive’s colour scheme to the following Pastebin:

    https://pastebin.com/TBCqx5Ht

    The colour scheme created by the above CSS is grey and you can experiment with replacing the hex colours code for ones of your choosing. (I generated the colour scheme by making use of the custom colour options available over at WordPress.com.)

    Hope that helps you out!

    Thread Starter AndrewRaia

    (@andrewraia)

    Thanks, I am familiar with inspecting but I did not want to go through all that work and miss classes and find them in other places.

    Is there a CSS plugin I can use so I don’t have to create a child theme or edit the parent?

    @andrewraia: If you have Jetpack installed then you can activate its custom CSS module.
    Alternatively, you can browse the plugin repository for a standalone CSS plugin here:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css

    Thread Starter AndrewRaia

    (@andrewraia)

    I had JetPack preinstalled but removed it, I will have to go add it back.

    Great! We’re right here if extra questions come up, too.

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