Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Cynthia Armistead

   1.6y ago

   This is an excellent plugin. It’s easy to use, and it definitely fills a need. I love displaying the icons for various sites without having to hunt them down and host them myself. The plugin would be even better if the maintainer submitted the latest version of the GitHub code to the WordPress Plugin Repository!

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2. ★★★★★ ld2digital

   2.7y ago

   Very useful plugin and easy to use. Thank you!

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3. ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee

   5.2y ago

   Trashed my theme generated icons and replaced with Popular Brands SVG icons, Good Stuff! Thank you! Super lightweight! This topic was modified 5 years ago by Jimmy Lee.

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4. ★★★★★ frank

   5.5y ago

   Very useful 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ Charles E. Frees-Melvin

   5.6y ago

   I love this plugin flexible and useful. My only suggestion is the menu should be under tools instead of settings.

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6. ★★★★★ connde

   5.9y ago

   Hi, idea looks good but after activating the plugin and clicking View Icons it start loading and after some time I get an 504 error. Other plugins are responsive and working as expected, so I assume is something related to this plugin or some URL that is not working as expected. I’m able to use the shortcodes, only limitation for now is that I cannot view and search the icons using the View Icons section. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by connde. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by connde.

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7. ★★★★★ mariushosting

   7.1y ago

   Just Stunning!

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8. ★★★★★ sirikorng

   7.3y ago

   I really love this plugin, however, it would be grateful if you can add some of them. LAZADA (Southeast Asia marketplace), ALIEXPRESS (Global Chinese Marketplace), TAOBAO (Chinese marketplace like Amazon), WEIBO (Chinese social media), Alibaba (Global B2B marketplace), Freelancer (Global freelance marketplace), Fiverr (Global freelance marketplace), Shutterstock (Stock images), Pixabay (Free sotck image), Alipay (Chinese payment) Paytm (Indian payment) Thank you very much This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by sirikorng.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.8.3 Fix an issue causing some icons to not display Add additional browser support for styling within WP admin 2.8.3

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 5.3 Simple Icons <= 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31786 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.8.4 No patch available
2. Medium · 5.4 Popular Brand Icons - Simple Icons <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-07-05 CVE-2021-24503 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.7.8 Patched in 2.7.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 348 days in tier
2. 2024-11-19 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-11-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
4. 2024-11-15 5K+ → 4K+ down

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).

• Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Menu Icons 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• The Menu: Custom mobile navigation with icons 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Material UI Menu Icons – Nifty Menu Options 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• SimpleSocial 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B

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Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons: 3K+ active installs, 4.7★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-icons