Blackout Darkmode Widget for WordPress

Simple plugin that creates a widget that enables dark mode on click.

Author:José Sotelo (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.7
WordPress version tested:5.6.1
Plugin version:2.0.4
Added to WordPress repository:28-06-2019
Last updated:13-12-2020
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Total downloads:21 694
Active installs:300+
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A simple solution to allow your users to enable/disable dark mode on your website.

It creates a widget that your users can use to toggle between normal and dark modes.

It uses the CSS mix-blend-mode to bring dark-mode to any of your websites.

Sandoche made the widget and, it has a standalone version that allows you to implement it on your website by copy+pasting a simple JavaScript script, you can find more about that by clicking here.

Do you have an issue or a feature request?

Please submit it in our Github Repo

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Want to use your own widget or element as toggle?

Go to the Blackout settings page, and mark the last checkbox with the label Want to use your own toggle widget or button?, then add the class darkmode-enable to the element that you want to use as toggle.