WordPress 5.7 Will Feature Updated Admin Dashboard Colors
WordPress 5.7 Will Feature Updated Admin Dashboard Colors
WordPress announced a WordPress 5.7 achievement in updating the admin color palette. The new palette produces higher contrast and is simpler to read. It addresses a step forward in making the WordPress admin backend more readable.
WordPress 5.7
The newest version of WordPress (version 5.7) is planned to be released on March 9, 2021. One of the objectives for version 5.7 of WordPress was to update the admin color palette. The color palettes are the official colors accessible for anything that is in the WordPress admin panel.
There has not been an update of the color scheme, currently comprising of 199 colors, since the current palette was made.
This update will influence all that is seen inside the admin panel, including plugin and theme notifications that are seen inside the admin panel of WordPress.
Accessibility and Simplification of Admin Panel
The two objectives for updating the color palette was to simplify the way toward picking colors for designers as well as to make the admin zone more accessible.
This latest version will have a higher contrast between light and dark colors, which should make it simpler to read the admin panel for publishers who are color blind.
This update influences all users. The contrast between the old version and the new version makes it simpler for all users who approach the WordPress backend.
WordPress figured out how to diminish the quantity of colors in the current color scheme from 199 colors to just 99.
Simpler to Read Admin Panel
The difference in contrast and readability between the old version and the new version is subtle, as it should be.
Numerous individuals may not notice it even though they may discover the admin zone a more charming experience without knowing why.
The change isn’t immediately apparent but a side by side comparison does reveal that there is indeed a difference.
Progress Continues on WordPress 5.7
There is even more work to be done among now and the March release of WordPress 5.7. They actually need to make a color palette using CSS custom properties and a naming scheme that makes sense.
According to WordPress.org:
“So far the general approach to this, that has generated the most discussion and agreement, is to create a base colour palette and then apply those colours to properties named after their usage.
This would give us the flexibility to utilise the dynamic nature of CSS custom properties to change the value of properties based on certain criteria, and without the danger of the name becoming misleading or incorrect.
The other big consideration is that there are a number of alternative admin colour schemes already available, all of which should be able to take advantage of the use of custom properties once implemented.
Therefore we need to keep the number of custom properties created concise and how we implement them needs to easily extendable.
As well as this we do also need to consider fallbacks for browsers that do not support CSS Custom Properties and this could impact how we name or implement them.”
WordPress.org Deserves Acknowledgment
Some companies trust it’s ideal to complete a work whether or not it is prepared or not. That is why some software and platforms are introduced to users in a buggy state.
However, that is not how WordPress.org works. As can be seen with the rethink of the admin color palette, the WordPress team talks about and works on each part with the objective of making something that works when conveyed.
The Make WordPress development team has gained extraordinary progress until now. There are beneficial things coming in the next version of WordPress, 5.7.
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Citations
Read the Official Announcement:
Introducing CSS Custom Properties to the WordPress Admin
