Simple Category Icons

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1. ★★★★★ Miguel

   11.2y ago

   I was struggling with CSS to replace category name with an icon. The. I read about Google penalize you if you hide text. So this plugin resolve quickly my problem. I added to a custom post type in just minutes thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ twodayslate

   11.3y ago

   There should be an option to inject this inside the Categories widget. There should also be x-large icon options, or an option to specify the icon sizes. Otherwise awesome!

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3. ★★★★★ supermaheu

   11.6y ago

   Perfect for adding icons to categories on any template of the website, with a very simple line of php.

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4. ★★★★★ goodkoding

   11.6y ago

   A very useful plugin. Streightforward backend and easy to use the functions in custom theme. Saved me a lot of time.

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5. ★★★★★ stuudio

   12.6y ago

   Looks and sounds nice but impossible to get any help. Moving on. Looks like he has abandoned this project. Web site has last update from Oct 2013. This is 5 months of silence.

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6. ★★★★★ kamenlee

   12.8y ago

   Using it to fire off some icons on the front page based on category and it works just like it says. Nice easy backend setup and super simple drop in php to call the icons where needed.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-27 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-05-26 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-25 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-05-23 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-05-21 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-05-19 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2026-05-17 100+ → 90+ down after 85 days in tier
8. 2026-02-21 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Better Font Awesome 60K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
• Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Category Posts Block 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Custom Icons for Elementor and WPBakery 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D

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Simple Category Icons: 90+ active installs, 4.5★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-category-icons