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I was so excited about Gmail new look before. But when I tried it, I wasn’t that satisfied. The colors and design aren’t easy for the eye, in my opinion. Gmail’s look is really similar to WordPress. They have nearly the same design. In fact, all Google new looks are similar to WordPress. I don’t know the reason behind that, but I do know one thing. WordPress and Gmail’s new look hurt my eyes. I don’t like to look at white, shiny objects. For me, it is like staring at a light bulb.
But there are always solutions. For Gmail, you can switch back to the old themes. For WordPress, you can install plugins that change the colors of your dashboards. There are many of them. But there is one I really like. It is Fluency Admin. This one gives a real professional look to your dashboard. It allows you to change the colors to suit your needs. If the new WordPress look hurt your eye, this plugin will be very helpful. And if you create WordPress tutorials or how to videos, this plugin will set you unique from the rest. This is not the purpose of the plugin. I am mainly writing about it for those who hate WordPress new look.
To install the plugins, you need to follow these steps:
- Click on Plugins and then Add New
- Write the name of the plugin “Fluency Admin”
- Click Search
- Click Install and then Activate the plugin
As soon as you activate the plugin, your dashboard will look like this:
To access the plugin setting page, hover your mouse over Settings and choose Fluency Admin.
Here you can change the color of the dashboard:
Visit this website http://html-color-codes.info/ and choose the HTML color code you want, copy it and paste in the above field. After that, click Save Changes and the color will change immediately. These are some examples:
If WordPress new look hurt your eyes, try this plugin and change its color to something easier for your eyes. If you’re happy with the new look, then you don’t have to install the plugin. If you want to use it for the WordPress tutorials, then that’s fine as long as you tell your readers or viewers that the look will be different on their own blogs.
That’s all for today guys. I really hope you like this one. I love to share cool and useful plugins. I promised my friend Adrienne to look for a better alternative to TinyMCE Advanced. I am still looking for a good one, Adrienne. 
I’d love to hear your feedback about this one. If you know any other plugin, you can tell us about it.
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Thanks a lot in a advance!
Mouh, This is an awesome plugin. At last I can make my dashboard look cool.
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Hi Eddie,
Thanks a lot! I am glad you like it the plugin.
Hi Mouh,
I have to agree that the WordPress dashboard leaves something to be desired even though the latest upgrade made some visual improvements.
I am big on visual appearance and this plugin sounds like it would be something worth trying out.
Thanks as always for providing useful posts.
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Hi Justin,
I am happy you like the plugin and want to try it.
We have something common then.
I am big on visual appearance too. 
Thanks a lot for stopping by and sorry for this late reply. I was sick.
Mouh
Hey Mouh
Yet again I’ve come to your blog and learnt something new.
I didn’t know about this plugin Mouh and what a help it will be for people that have eyesight problems as they can change it to something more suitable.
Would luvvvvv to see you put all these fab tutorials of yours in a product Mouh as I think they would help so many people.
Thanks and take care
Dawn
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Hi Dawn,
How happy I am to know that you’ve learned something new again.
I always learn new things on your blog especially from what would you do differently series. They’re just great. 
Thanks a lot for the great suggestion! Believe me that’s something I’ll really do.
Thanks a lot for stopping by, Dawn. I really appreciate that. I am sorry for this late reply. I had to rest because I was sick.
Have a great day!
Mouh
Sorry I’m late getting over here my friend. Yesterday was one busy day.. But you knew I’d make it because whatever you share it good!
Here you go again, teaching us something I had no idea even existed. So really, I can change the way my dashboard looks. Now that’s pretty cool. I have to admit I like the look of it with this last upgrade. Wasn’t quite sure if I would be but I’ve grown to like it! And like you, I would definitely go with the color blue! I just might have to give this one a try.
Thanks Mouh, as always! Awesome information my friend. Love this so thanks for sharing. Have a fabulous afternoon now.
Adrienne
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I am late too, Adrienne.
I was sick! But I am fine now.
Thanks a lot for stopping by again and again. I really love that.
I know you’d love blue. That’s your favorite color, isn’t it?
You don’t have the use the plugin if you like the recent look. But it is always good to know that changing your dashboard color is possible just in case someone else isn’t happy with WordPress last upgrade.
Have a fabulous day, Adrienne!
Mouh
Is this work for wordpress.com blog and not just wordpress cms?
I think with WordPress.com, you can upload or install plugins. You can only do that with WordPress.org.
How interesting, i never know this plugin, I will try this. You really help me for my blog.
Happy I could help.
This is pretty cool! I’d love to try this out
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I am sure you’ll love it, Gabriella!
Very nice, and I like your blog because it looks so organized. You gave a vivid and an easy to follow instructions. I have to agree with you, the blue shade is a lot more easy on the eyes.
Ow, I am flattered. Thanks a lot, Henrick. I love my blog too. I like to make my content visually appealing and easier to understand.
Henrick, come back again, OK.
Mouh
Great post again Mouh. Now I will use it
. Keep the post coming bro 
Awesome just awesome
Thanks a lot my friend. You’re way more awesome!
Glad to see i’m not the only one using Fluency Admin, it’s really a huge step from the classic admin panel. There were some problems with it a few weeks ago when WordPress made an update, it was hell using WordPress with Fluency broken. Good thing they fixed it pretty fast.
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I didn’t face any problems when I first tried it. Maybe I did that after they fixed all bugs. Glad they did. You know plugins can be a real hassle sometimes. I wrote a blog post about what one should do when a plugins breaks his/her blog. You can find it here if you’re interested:
http://blog.effortlessebookwriting.com/what-to-do-when-a-theme-or-plugin-breaks-your-blog/
Thanks a lot for stopping by.
See you very soon.
Mouh
I think this is so cool. So it gets me to choose a variety of colors? I will definitely try this out. Thank you!
Yeah, you can choose absolutely any color you want.
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I never knew about this plugin before. It’s nice that you’ve shared this to us. The good thing with this plugin is the ability to personalize the dashboard based on the taste of different WP users. I just hope that the plugin maker also provide a feature wherein other items can be changed aside from the dashboard…
Mark,
I think it’d be a great idea if the plugin does that. Maybe we can find other plugins that can change other items… who knows… There are millions of plugins in the WP Plugin Directory.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate that.
Mouh
Yeah, there are so many plugins available in the WP plugin directory. The more these plugins are, I find myself more confused on which one do I need to choose. Something that would really help me. I hope you’ll keep me updated in the future.
Excellent plugin, new to blogging so will make it of use…
We also use dashboard everytime that we need to make any changes for our WP sites. Providing a different look for it would be a the best idea to make so you’ll get to have that cool look from time to time.