Best dashicons plugins for WordPress
The most popular dashicons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Menu Icons by Themeisle leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Frontend Dashicons (500+) and Icon Fonts (300+). All 10 plugins tagged “Dashicons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 dashicons plugins
- 1.
Menu Icons by ThemeisleThe most installed dashicons plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 851 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Frontend Dashicons500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Icon Fonts300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
Post Featured Font Icon60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 5.
SVG Heroicons Block60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 6.
Carbon Icons10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 7.
External Link Icon for GutenbergFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Dashicons ViewerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 9.
SVG Block for Dashicons by RotiStudioFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “Dashicons”
Menu Icons by Themeisle
Down in the last 7 days:1#307by Themeisle7 days ago
Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(851)
- Downloads
- 1K/day
Frontend Dashicons
Down in the last 7 days:9#8,553by Erica Franz2 months ago
Load the Dashicons icon font on the front-end of your site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Icon Fonts
Down in the last 7 days:11#10,562by sydcode11 years ago
This plugin adds support for 18 free icon fonts (over 6000 icons).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Post Featured Font Icon
Down in the last 7 days:21#19,279by Kishores10 years ago
it supports dashicons, genericons, font-awesome.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SVG Heroicons Block
Up in the last 7 days:379#20,036by mlaroy2 years ago
A Gutenberg block for Heroicons, an open source set of SVG icons at https://heroicons.com. ⚠️ Note: This is not an offical plugin from Tailwind Labs …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Carbon Icons
#36,116by Carbon Plugins3 years ago
Easily add icons from multiple libraries tanks to a Gutenberg optimized block
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
External Link Icon for Gutenberg
#55,841by Owadud7 months ago
A Gutenberg block for creating a link with a Dashicon or Font Awesome icon. Per-block, not global.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Dashicons Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:8,872#61,102by Daniel Menȝies9 years ago
View all Dashicons on one page
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SVG Block for Dashicons by RotiStudio
#66,354by Tamas Rottenbacher2 months ago
Adds a native Gutenberg block for inserting 334 WordPress Dashicons as inline SVG — fast, lightweight, and fully customizable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day