Best genericons plugins for WordPress
The most popular genericons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Icon Fonts leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Post Featured Font Icon (60+) and Webshare (30+). All 3 plugins tagged “genericons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 genericons plugins
- 1.Icon Fonts
The most installed genericons plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 2.Post Featured Font Icon
60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 3.Webshare
30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 3 plugins tagged “genericons”
Icon Fonts
Down in the last 7 days:4#10,550by 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
Up in the last 7 days:45#19,332by Kishores10 years ago
it supports dashicons, genericons, font-awesome.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Webshare
Up in the last 7 days:155#24,287by Sami Keijonen11 years ago
Adds social sharing icons.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day