Anyone working late
Writing, moderating or checking orders at night without a white screen in your face.
Adminight WordPress plugin v1.1.0
The WordPress admin, at night.
Adminight gives the dashboard a dark theme that is easy on the eyes late at night. Each user picks Light, Dark or Auto, from one icon in the toolbar. The front end of the site does not change at all.
- v1.1.0current release
- Freeno Pro, no account
- WP 6.2+PHP 7.4 or newer
- GPLv2open source
Adminight has been submitted to the WordPress plugin directory. Until it is listed, download the zip here and install it from Plugins › Add Plugin › Upload Plugin.
Download the zipwhat it is
A dark dashboard should not need an account.
Most dark-mode plugins come with a trial, a paid tier or a settings page to learn. Adminight is one plugin that does one thing: it styles the admin screens with real colours, chosen for contrast, and lets every user decide for themselves.
It adds no menu item, no notices and no widget. One icon next to “Howdy” switches the mode without a reload, the same choice sits in your profile, and Settings › General sets a default for everyone else. The login screen follows it.
Agencies
Set the site default once; every editor and client can still pick their own.
Shops
The common WooCommerce screens, products, orders and settings, are styled too.
three modes
One icon next to Howdy.
A sun, a moon or a half-moon in the toolbar. Click it and the dashboard switches at once, without a reload. The same choice sits in your profile.
Light
The WordPress admin exactly as it ships. Nothing is loaded, nothing changes.
Dark
Every screen in designed colours with at least 4.5:1 contrast. Images, thumbnails and colour pickers keep their real colours.
Auto
Follows the device. When Windows, macOS, iOS or Android switch to dark, the dashboard switches with them, even while the page is open.
screens
Every screen, really dark.
Real screens from a test site. Styled, not inverted: thumbnails, images and colour pickers keep their colours.
what it does
Small, and complete.
Plain CSS and a few lines of script, loaded only in the admin and on the login screen. No settings page of its own, no database tables.
Each user chooses
Light, Dark or Auto. Auto follows the device's setting and switches by itself when the device does.
One click from the toolbar
A sun, moon or half-moon icon next to “Howdy” switches modes at once, without a reload. The same choice is in your profile.
A default for the whole site
Settings › General picks the mode for everyone who has not chosen one. The login screen follows it.
No white flash
The mode is set before the page is drawn, so a dark screen stays dark while it loads.
Designed, not inverted
Every screen is styled with real colours, so images, thumbnails and colour pickers look right.
Covers what you use
Dashboard, posts, the block and classic editors, media, comments, plugins, themes, users, settings, Site Health, menus, the Customizer and the common WooCommerce screens.
- Price
- free, no Pro
- Requires
- WordPress 6.2+, PHP 7.4+
- Modes
- light · dark · auto
- Front end
- unchanged
- Contrast
- WCAG AA, 4.5:1
- Licence
- GPLv2 or later
adminight pricing
Free. That is the plan.
There is no Pro version, no locked feature and no upgrade notice. A dark dashboard should not need an account, a trial or a paid tier.
Adminight
for every site and every user
Freeforever
unlimited sites, unlimited users
- Light, Dark and Auto, per user
- toolbar switch, profile setting, site default
- block and classic editors, media, WooCommerce screens
- no white flash, WCAG AA contrast
- updates through WordPress once it is listed
- Adminight has been submitted to the WordPress plugin directory. Until it is listed there, download the zip here and install it from Plugins › Add Plugin › Upload.
- If you build on it, it is GPLv2 or later, like WordPress itself.
- Questions, or a screen that is still white? Write to [email protected] and it goes on the list.
questions
Before you switch it on.
Does it change my website for visitors?
No. Only the admin screens and the login screen change. The front end stays exactly as it is.
How does Auto work?
Your browser tells the page whether the device is in dark mode. In Auto, the dashboard follows it, and changes with it while the page is open.
Can I set it for every user at once?
Yes. Settings › General › Admin dark mode sets the mode for everyone who has not picked one. Each user can still change their own, and developers can use the adminight_default_mode filter.
Why is the writing area of the block editor not dark?
It shows your post with your theme's editor styles, so what you see matches the published page. If your theme has a dark style, the writing area follows it.
A screen from another plugin still has white areas.
Adminight styles the WordPress screens and the most common WooCommerce ones. Tell us which plugin and screen, ideally with a screenshot, and we will add it.
Is it really free?
Yes, entirely. No Pro version, no locked features, no account.
A screen that is still white?
Tell us which plugin and which screen, with a screenshot if you can, and it goes on the list. Questions and ideas are welcome the same way.