Easy Category Icons
by templatic1 · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Templatic Category Icons plugin adds the ability for your theme to be able to show a category icon in the sidebar and before the category title in …
39 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.27, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2863 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
155
now · peak 210
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2018-03-19 · 1,428 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ivaylo Tinchev3.5y ago
Should have been taken down from the repository long time ago.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ leolamanna6.3y ago
No icons on product category widget
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rijo Abraham6.8y ago
It doesn’t show on posts or in category archives. It just shows in Admin dashboard which is useless when the icon doesn’t show on your pages. This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by Rijo Abraham.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ panjianom7.1y ago
Free support not available
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mohammad Amin7.4y ago
Good Plugin But I Find Bug. if Turn On WordPress Debug See notice In Category Widgets in Line 399 and 400 thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alphaandomega7.4y ago
Wp 5.1.1 using Creativo theme and WP Bakery simple circular images used as badges to represent different divisions of clients company…Images load and show in category list but nothing shows in posts or latest news grid. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by alphaandomega.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TheAzer8.0y ago
Like the title says, plugin doesn’t work. Font-awesome doens’t load and instead of image icon, only some square appears. Totally useless plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ faietdohrnii9.4y ago
I’ll think about adding my own icons since it can =) Superb !
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated 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
- 2026-06-28 700+ → 600+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 700+ → 600+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2025-08-31 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-30 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-29 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-27 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-22 800+ → 700+ down after 210 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).
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Custom Post Template By Templatic 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Post Badges 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D - W WP Custom Category Meta 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- N No Category Title 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- C Category List Icon 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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Templatic-Google-AMP 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/templatic-categoryicons" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Easy Category Icons — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Easy Category Icons: 600+ active installs, 2.6★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/templatic-categoryicons