Admin Color Scheme per User Role
Gives each role its own admin color scheme, for example blue for editors and coffee for shop managers, so people instantly see which kind of account they are using.
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Code
// Role => admin color scheme.
$wpide_role_colors = array(
'administrator' => 'midnight',
'editor' => 'blue',
'author' => 'ocean',
'shop_manager' => 'coffee',
);
add_filter( 'get_user_option_admin_color', function ( $color, $option, $user ) use ( $wpide_role_colors ) {
if ( ! $user instanceof WP_User ) {
return $color;
}
foreach ( (array) $user->roles as $role ) {
if ( isset( $wpide_role_colors[ $role ] ) ) {
return $wpide_role_colors[ $role ];
}
}
return $color;
}, 10, 3 );Notes
Roles not listed keep each user's own choice; scheme names: fresh, light, modern, blue, coffee, ectoplasm, midnight, ocean, sunrise.
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