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Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus

Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version0.13.25
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations100K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.9 / 5 from 851 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus version 0.13.25 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin gives you the ability to add icons to your menu items, similar to the look of the latest dashboard menu.

Usage

  • After the plugin is activated, go to Appearance > Menus to edit your menus
  • Enable/Disable icon types in “Menu Icons Settings” meta box
  • Set default settings for current nav menu; these settings will be inherited by the newly added menu items
  • Select icon by clicking on the “Select icon” link
  • Save the menu

Supported icon types

  • Dashicons (WordPress core icons)
  • Elusive Icons by Aristeides Stathopoulos
  • Font Awesome by Dave Gandy
  • Foundation Icons by Zurb
  • Genericons by Automattic
  • Fontello icon packs
  • TI Icons icon pack by ThemeIsle
  • Image (attachments)
  • SVG (attachments)

Planned supported icon types

  • Image (URL)

Compatible themes

Menu icons works with most of the themes out there, especially with popular ones like Twenty Seventeen or Hestia.

Development of this plugin is done on GitHub. Pull requests welcome. Please see issues reported there before going to the plugin forum.

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • font awesome
  • image icons
  • menu icons
  • navigation menu
  • dashicons
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP not listed
Update activity29 Sept 20261mo ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version0.13.240.13.25
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.2
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