The Events Calendar: Category Colors
By StellarWP
Description
This plugin adds background colors to event categories displayed in the event views of The Events Calendar. It is inspired by the post 'Coloring Your Category Events'.
Settings for The Events Calendar: Category Colors plugin are located in their own tab on The Events Calendar Settings page. To force a refresh of your CSS, add '?refresh_css' to the end of your events URL, or re-save the Settings.
Thanks to jonahcoyote for some early help and direction. Big thanks to Barry Hughes (WebsiteBakery) for refactoring code and Legend Superpowers.
Other Notable Features
Here are a few other notable features of this free The Events Calendar: Category Colors plugin.
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FAQ
Yes. The Events Calendar plugin is written by StellarWP. It requires at least The Events Calendar v5.0.
Contributors and developers
“The Events Calendar: Category Colors” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
7.4.2 / 2025-09-16 –
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