Short answers to what people ask most, before and after buying. If yours is not here, get in touch — we answer pre-sale questions too.
Buying and licensing #
Only for Pro. The free version on WordPress.org works without any key. A license key unlocks Pro features, automatic updates, and ticket support.
Your site keeps working exactly as configured. You stop receiving updates and support until you renew; then both resume immediately.
Depends on the plan: Single Site covers one, Five Sites covers five, Unlimited covers as many as you like. Staging and local development installs generally do not consume an activation.
Yes — 14 days, no questions asked, on every Pro plan.
Yes, at all three site tiers. It is a one-time payment covering updates and support for the life of the plugin.
Setup and compatibility #
Will it work with my theme? #
Darkify is theme-independent. It reads the colours your theme renders and generates a dark palette from them, so it works with classic themes, block themes, and page builders alike.
Yes — Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen, and Breakdance are all supported, along with Gutenberg block themes.
Yes. Shop, product, cart, and checkout pages are all handled. Many stores exclude checkout from dark mode and exclude product images from greyscale — both take a moment to configure.
No. Everything is configured through the admin panel. Custom CSS is there for the last few percent, and entirely optional.
Darkify loads one small stylesheet and one lightweight script, with no external requests and no tracking. Dark mode is applied before the page paints, so there is no white flash for visitors who prefer dark.
Yes — WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, and Cloudflare, among others. The preference is applied in the browser, so cached HTML is not an issue. Clear your cache after changing settings.
Features #
Yes, in as many ways as you want to offer: a floating switch, a switch in your navigation menu, a shortcode anywhere on the page, the Dark Mode Switcher block in Gutenberg, the Darkify Switcher widget in Elementor, a keyboard shortcut, or any existing element you nominate.
Yes — the Dark Mode Switcher block. Search for Darkify in the block inserter and drop it into any post, page or template part. All sixteen switch styles, size, border, and separate light and dark colours are set from the editor sidebar, and it works in block theme template parts so you can place one directly in your header or footer.
Yes — the Darkify Switcher widget. It carries the same sixteen styles and colour controls, plus responsive alignment and support for Elementor global colours, so the switch follows your brand palette if you ever revise it.
Yes. If the visitor’s device is set to dark appearance, your site opens dark automatically. Their own click always takes priority afterwards.
Yes. Turn on Time Based Auto Dark Mode under Controls → Frontend and set your hours. It uses the visitor’s local time, not your server time.
Extensively. Pro includes 16 designs, seven sizes, four corner positions, custom colours for each mode, borders, tooltips, six attention animations, and optional drag-to-move for visitors.
Yes, in as many menus as you have, at the beginning or end of each, styled globally or individually.
Yes. Map any image to a dark-mode alternative under Media → Image Controls → Replace Images. Videos can be swapped the same way, including YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion embeds.
Yes. Advanced → Page/Posts Restriction gives you allow-lists and block-lists for both pages and posts, chosen from a dropdown.
Yes. Advanced → Custom CSS has a dedicated dark-mode editor, plus a second editor for CSS that applies in both modes.
Yes — the dashboard, the block editor, and the classic editor, each with its own colour palette. It is a per-user preference, so your team members choose individually.
Eleven, and every colour inside each one is editable. You can also pin individual colours to exact dark-mode replacements with Color Overrides.
Yes. Add its CSS selector to Disallowed Elements under Advanced → HTML/CSS Restriction.
Privacy and data #
Yes. The visitor’s mode preference is stored in their own browser. No personal data is collected, nothing is sent to a third-party server, and no cookie banner is required for it.
They stay in the database unless you enabled “Clean-up Data on Deletion” under Tools. Reinstall and everything returns as you left it.
Yes. Export a JSON backup from Tools, then import it on the other site.
Support #
Pro customers use the contact form or the Get Help screen inside the plugin, with most tickets answered within one business day. Free users are supported on the WordPress.org forum.
Please do. Send us your site URL, and we will tell you honestly whether Darkify fits.
Yes, and many shipped features started exactly that way.
