# Discourse BBCode Color
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, bbcode-color
**Created:** [June 29, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363 "2017-06-29T20:56:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/1 "2017-06-29T20:56:20Z")
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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse BBCode Color** adds BBCode colors to the post formatting options. |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color) |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |
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> :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate plugin tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=bbcode-color "Ask for support on configuring and using Discourse BBCode Color") [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=bbcode-color "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the plugin") [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=bbcode-color "Discussion about the user interface of Discourse BBCode Color, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡 **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=bbcode-color "Discussion about how existing Discourse BBCode Color features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")
The Discourse BBCode Color plugin enhances the Markdown composer \[1\] with support for the [BBCode [color] syntax](https://www.bbcode.org/changing-the-text-color-with-bbcode.php) and text background colors.
### Features
Set colors inline with:
`[color=#aaa]text[/color]`
`[color=red]text[/color]`
Set background colors with:
`[bgcolor=#aaa]text[/bgcolor]`
`[bgcolor=red]text[/bgcolor]`
> ⚠ **Caution:** These features can easily be used for abuse by hiding text and making text unreadable. BBCode will also make your markup less understandable.
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1. This plugin is not built for the rich text mode of the composer, so you may need to use the  toggle to switch to Markdown mode when using these codes. If your community relies on this plugin, you can update the default\_composition\_mode site setting to ensure that members see the Markdown mode of the composer by default.
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### Author:  [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/6 "2022-11-26T10:42:12Z")
Hi,
sorry, I do not understand. What is the purpose of this plugin, as the [Discourse BBCode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode/65425/1) plugin also handles the color codes. I’m sure it is just a misconception here on my side and I am stuck somewhere. Please bring me up to speed. 🙂
Regards
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### Author:  [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/8 "2022-11-26T11:06:11Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> It’s the same plugin. The link to the repo is the same.
Hm, no, the repo is different and also the content looks different:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode)
> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse-bbcode-color: A Discourse Plugin to support BBCode color tags.](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color)**
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> A Discourse Plugin to support BBCode color tags.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/9 "2022-11-26T12:15:35Z")
Oh apologies, you are right. Still odd I agree.
If you just need coloured text, consider:
> [@Discourse Coloured Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-coloured-text/218111):
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> “BBCode-lite” without the need to install a plugin … Adds a simple control (palette icon) to the Composer to facilitate colouring of the foreground and background of text Select a word or text Hit the palette control It will be wrapped like so: [wrap=color color=# bgcolor=#]word[/wrap] Replace the #s with html-compatible colour names, e.g. “red”, “grey” … experiment.biohazard NB Same caveats apply as to BBCode: can be used to hide text. Credits Uses @j.jaffeux’s [Generic bbcode…](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-bbcode-wrapper-for-theme-components/123516)
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### Author:  [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/10 "2022-11-26T19:04:18Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> If you just need coloured text
No, I migrated from phpBB to Discourse. So I have a lot of BBCode in thousands of posts. I only have the discourse-bbcode plugin installed - and always was wondering about the differences.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/11 "2022-11-30T19:34:45Z")
From having a little investigation it seems that it was kept as two plugins so people could have the option of having just the simpler colour version without everything else included as well.
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### Author:  [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363/12 "2024-09-07T01:28:30Z")
Will there be a plugin / theme component that adds the ability to quickly select preset colors by pressing a single button on the user interface or a dropdown based on this plugin?