Have you noticed that many popular websites like BBC and Facebook use their own brand colors for the address bar in mobile browser. Recently, one of our users asked us if we could write about how to change the color of address bar in mobile browser to match their WordPress theme? In this article, we will show you how to change the color of address bar in mobile browser to match your WordPress site.
Why Match Address Bar Color in Mobile Browser?
Most popular WordPress themes are mobile responsive. This makes your site looks great on mobile devices. However, it still looks and feels like a website.
Matching the color of address bar to your WordPress site, gives it a native app-like feel. This improves user experience, which ultimately boosts sales and conversions.
However, please note that currently it only works for Google Chrome web browser on Android devices using Lollipop or newer versions.
Match Address Bar Color on Mobile Browser to Your WordPress Theme
Simply add this code in your theme or child theme‘s header.php file just before the closing </head> tag.
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ff6600" />
This line is a HTML meta tag used by Google Chrome on Android to change color of address bar in mobile browser. The content field has the hex code for the color you want to use as theme color.
Not sure how to get the hex color code?
You can get the HEX value of a color using any image editing software like Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, Paint, etc.
You can also pick a color using online HTML color picker tools.
If you want to pick a color from a web page, then you can use a browser extension like ColorZilla.
That’s all, we hope this article helped you learn how to change the color of address bar in mobile browser to match your WordPress site. You may also want to see our CSS Hero review, it is the easiest way to customize your WordPress theme.
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Sarah says
This seems to have stopped working… I implemented this on my website back in Feb and I just applied it to another one… upon checking the new one doesn’t work and neither does the old! Did something change here in Chrome mobile app?
WPBeginner Support says
If you’re using dark mode for your browser, chrome will override this setting.
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Naveen Rana says
Where to find theme or child theme‘s header.php file?
WPBeginner Support says
You would either find your theme’s files under Appearance>Theme Editor, using your hosting provider’s file manager, or using an FTP tool following our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/
For FTP or your host’s file manager, you would want to go under your wp-content>Themes and find the folder with the same name as your active theme.
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Manshant Singh says
Great post and it is working but not working on category page and when I open a post.
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to check with the support for your specific theme that thee is not a different header styling being assigned to those pages.
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Aditya Savita says
First of all thank you for this great tutorial but now I’m facing a problem the address bar color is not showing on the homepage of my site. It’s perfectly showing on all pages and posts of my site except my homepage.
What should I do now? Please help!
WPBeginner Support says
You may want to check with the support for your specific theme that it is not set on the homepage template that could be overriding your settings.
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Almesh says
I was able to get it done by one shot. thank you
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Craige Wilson says
Does it takes time to update?
WPBeginner Support says
It can and browser caching would also delay the change as well.
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Ebrahim Talebi says
Thanks a lot.
But, be aware that this trick won’t work if the user has enabled dark mode on its phone because it overrides everything else. (Some phones has an option called dark mode)
WPBeginner Support says
Thank you for sharing that in case someone ran into that issue
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Arif says
Mind-Blowing and simplest
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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kafi says
I just needed to say man,
you guys are the BEST.
WPBeginner Support says
Thank you, glad you like our content
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Fred says
Another very easy tutorial from your team!
I would like to add a gradient color to the address bar.
Is it possible?
WPBeginner Support says
Not at the moment with this method.
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Fred says
Thanks for your reply
Valli M says
Thank you so much:)
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome
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Amit Ayalon says
Work very well! super easy to set up.
Thank you very much!
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome, glad our guide could be helpful
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Rafael says
Works perfectly!
thanks
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Sunil Ilanthila says
Address bar color changed but text is in black, I wan it in Waite, how?
WPBeginner Support says
Unless I hear otherwise, that is decided by the mobile browser, not a color you set.
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Deborah says
Thank you. Very quick and easy to do, and gives my website a rather posh look.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our tutorial could help
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Rohit says
Anyonebhelp me will it only work in Chrome and can it be used for asp.net also ?
WPBeginner Support says
For the moment it will only work on chrome.
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Nasim says
If using elementor Page Builder How To Do That
Syaz Amirin says
It’s the same. The same process I meant, even using Elementor.
M.Surana says
Any snippet for this?
Philarpy says
Wonderful, it’s working for me as well. Thanks.
Mark says
brilliant, 2 minute job and works a treat! Thanks
Phil Duffney says
Thank you so much, that was a huge help!
Nitish says
It is working in android kit kat too…I think they updated chrome…
JEEiEE says
Thank you
but what about iphone and windows
Craig Jon Smith says
Worked great for me on Weebly. Instead of messing with the code just go to settings, and drop it in the section that literally says header code. I’ve done it to two sites, now. One more to go
Diego says
Very nice… and it works! But how do we get the text to to change to white?
Taylor says
Thanks so much! Just what I was looking and worked just the way you described its setup!
Akash gupta says
Simply add this code in your theme or child theme‘s header.php file just before the closing tag.
but it is not work in one website . why?
ethann says
looks like it works on android version 5.0 and above
enack says
Great tip, worked great for my site (as your site always does) do let me know if you get the code for iphones also but either way can’t complain. Thanks!
Irfan abbas says
Can this method work on newspaper 7 themes.
Hamid Roshaan says
Exactly what I want to know
Thomyum says
You’re rock!
zakaria says
hello, thanks for this tip but is that working on blogger s templates? if yes how to add it? i ve tried many times but blogger always showing error.
Saikot Hc says
Awesome boss! Thanks…!!
Xaif says
It didn’t work for me. I was having eleven40 child theme but it is not working
Queven says
Hi! It’s supported in what browsers?
WPBeginner Support says
Google Chrome on Android devices.
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Terri says
Love this! Thanks for the tip
dhiravat says
Very applicable trick. Thanks!
Alessio says
This is really cool! Thanks!
Gerard Jimenez says
Great piece of info, just changed my site.
Bobby says
Nice tip. Let’s figure out how to do that for all browsers on mobile.
Shu says
Thanks. Much appreciated
jehangir says
Very informative.
Ahmad Fatah says
Wow look simple.. i will try on my blog.
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