Best icon plugins for WordPress
The most popular icon plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Font Awesome leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator (200K+) and Icon Element (40K+). All 109 plugins tagged “icon” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 icon plugins
- 1.
Font AwesomeThe most installed icon plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 61 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 802 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Icon Element40K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
The Icon Block40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 29 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.Favicon Rotator
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
WP Font Awesome10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.Mobile Contact Bar
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 30 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.Heroic Favicon Generator
6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 9.Custom Favicon
5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Site Favicon5K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 109 plugins tagged “icon”

Font Awesome
Down in the last 7 days:1#142by fontawesome2 months ago
The official way to use Font Awesome Free or Pro icons on your WordPress site, brought to you by the Font Awesome team.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 3.6(61)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
Up in the last 7 days:1#231by phbernard22 days ago
Create and install your favicon for all platforms: PC/Mac, iPhone/iPad, Android devices, Windows 8 tablets...
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(802)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day

Icon Element
Down in the last 7 days:1#867by webangon6 months ago
The ultimate icon-packs for elementor page builder.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 149/day

The Icon Block
Up in the last 7 days:16#875by Nick Diego1 month ago
Easily add SVG icons and graphics to the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(29)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
Favicon Rotator
#1,151by Archetyped1 month ago
Easily set site favicon and even rotate through multiple icons
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 93/day

WP Font Awesome
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,084by Zayed Baloch2 years ago
This plugin allows you to easily embed Font Awesome icon to your site with simple shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Mobile Contact Bar
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,194by Anna Bansaghi22 days ago
Allow your visitors to contact you via mobile phones, or access your site's pages instantly.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(30)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Heroic Favicon Generator
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,856by HeroThemes4 years ago
Heroic Favicon Generator is your one-click favicon generator for WordPress.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Custom Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,063by Harish Chouhan1 year ago
Easily add a custom favicon and Apple touch icon to your WordPress site, including support for dark mode, SVG icons, and admin dashboard branding.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 27/day

Site Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,197by Web Guy9 months ago
Add a favicon.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
SVG Block
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,264by Phi Phan2 months ago
Display an SVG image as a block, which can be used for displaying images, icons, dividers, buttons
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 41/day

Icon Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,474by seothemes2 years ago
Display an icon, title and description with a widget or a shortcode.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Themify Icons
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,748by themifyme1 year ago
Nifty plugin that enables you to use the Themify Icons (https://themify.me/themify-icons) font on your site.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

All-in-one contact buttons
Down in the last 7 days:23#3,778by Website366.com1 year ago
Floating click to contact buttons All-In-One Tạo nút liên hệ gôm tất cả vào trong một nút duy nhất bao gồm: số hotline, zalo, facebook, messenger, ema …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 34/day

JVM Rich Text Icons
Down in the last 7 days:9#4,083by Joris van Montfort1 month ago
Insert icons anywhere in your content — inline in text, headings, buttons, or as a standalone block.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Flat Preloader
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,111by Thien Nguyen3 years ago
Flat Preloader helps you create the loading page with many excited gif icons.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Menu Image
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,377by Yudiz Solutions Ltd.8 months ago
Empower your WordPress menus with images. Easily add, position, and customize images for a unique menu experience.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Lemmony Companion
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,533by shufflehound3 years ago
The Lemmony Companion is a companion plugin for the Lemmony theme. Adds additional block editor blocks needed for the best theme experience.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP and Divi Icons
Up in the last 7 days:28#4,606by WP Zone2 years ago
Add 660+ optimized, scalable SVG icons for your WordPress site. Use them anywhere and easily customize their color and size to suit your needs.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.3(14)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Fr Custom Payment Gateway Icon for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:3#4,726by fahrirusliyadi3 years ago
Add or change payment gateway icons that appear on the WooCommerce checkout page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Multicons
Up in the last 7 days:14#4,739by doc411 months ago
Multicons is a multi-favicon code generator which automatically inserts the necessary meta tags for favicons.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Category Icon
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,031by pixelgrade2 months ago
A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Icon Separator
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,066by Phi Phan2 months ago
A simple, lightweight, accessibility-ready icon separator block.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Web Icons
Down in the last 7 days:27#5,681by GhozyLab11 months ago
Web Icons plugin gives you scalable vector icons that can instantly be customized. More than 2.5k icons available.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Block for Font Awesome Icons
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,275by Ciprian Popescu1 month ago
For anyone who wants Font Awesome icons in the block editor without class names or a heavy icon font: search, click, done. Free icons render as SVG.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Icon List
Up in the last 7 days:24#6,814by DesignOrbital9 years ago
Use an icon list for different purposes on your WordPress site using the Icon List plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Block Enhancements
Up in the last 7 days:38#7,280by Phi Phan2 months ago
Add icon, responsive spacing, typography, alignment, shadow, transform, transition, color, hover style to blocks. Lightweight, fast, and clean.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PWD WP Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,731by Plateforme WP Digital3 years ago
This plugin allows you to upload a custom favicon & Apple touch icon for your website and your WordPress Dashboard using API customizer.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Safelayout Elegant Icons
Down in the last 7 days:64#7,990by safelayout1 month ago
Beautiful SVG icons in Gutenberg, Elementor, Classic Editor and Site Menu. High-quality "Icon List", "Icon Box" and "Social Share Icons".
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Widget Icon
Down in the last 7 days:26#8,011by dFactory13 years ago
Enhance your website with 640+ icons designed for Twitter Bootstrap. Just select an icon and display it in any widget on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Subtle Icons
Up in the last 7 days:34#8,396by Evan Buckiewicz2 months ago
Add 100k+ SVG icons (Lucide, Material, FontAwesome) directly to Gutenberg blocks and Advanced Custom Fields. A native, zero-bloat icon picker.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Five-Star Ratings Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:49#8,533by Chris J. Zähller1 month ago
Simple lightweight shortcode to add 5-star ratings anywhere.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bestfreebie Elementor Icons
Down in the last 7 days:61#9,499by bestfreebie5 years ago
Bestfreebie Elementor Icons helps to add Basic Elementor's icon with popular font icons, like, Ionicons, Simple Line, Google Material, Metrize ic …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Manager for IcoMoon
Up in the last 7 days:15#9,559by albedo05 days ago
Manage IcoMoon icon font packages in WordPress.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LRW Widgets Bundle
Down in the last 7 days:28#10,605by luizrw10 years ago
Extends the functions of the plugin SiteOrigin Widgets with new widgets options.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Simple Social Icon Widget
Up in the last 7 days:12#11,442by Md Shafiqul Islam10 years ago
License GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Social Icon Widget is a very simple. Easily Manage This widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Hugeicons
Up in the last 7 days:91#11,588by Hugeicons10 months ago
Add beautiful Hugeicons to your WordPress site with an easy-to-use icon picker for both classic and block editors.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Forma Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:16#11,835by Justus Deitert6 months ago
Favicon generator — upload a source, customize styling, and generate all required favicon sizes including ICO, Apple Touch, and Android Chrome.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
OH MY SVG
Up in the last 7 days:87#12,051by Erik6 months ago
Unlock the magic of your website with the SVG block. Out-of-the-box security, dual storage modes, and turbocharged speed optimization!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Socicon
Up in the last 7 days:44#12,232by Erica Franz2 months ago
The easiest way to add Socicon, the social icon font, to your site!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Term Icons
Down in the last 7 days:126#12,480by John James Jacoby27 days ago
Assign icons to categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Awesome Fontawesome Collection
Down in the last 7 days:73#13,923by Phoeniixx7 years ago
By Using fontawesome icon plugin you can demonstrate icons in your pages and widget area.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

FA WP Admin Menu Icons
Down in the last 7 days:46#14,021by Patrik Csak24 days ago
Use Font Awesome icons for custom post types and custom menu pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Hover Effects Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:17#14,308by pixelonetry11 months ago
Hover Effects for your Elementor Page Builder with Image Hover Effects! CSS3 hover effects to images with captions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Sliding Enquiry Form
Up in the last 7 days:3#14,354by Jaimin Suthar8 years ago
Sliding Enquiry Form is a simple and easy wordpress plugin used to add popup on fixed position like bottom, left or right side with CSS3 effects.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Iconic Navigation
Up in the last 7 days:24#14,739by indybook11 years ago
Adds image/font responsive icons to menu items via upload or Media Library or over 1400 of Font Icons choice. Custom options for each location.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Update Icon for Twitter X
Down in the last 7 days:111#15,280by nicunarcisbodea1 year ago
Transform your website's Twitter icon into the latest stylish X icon effortlessly!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NM Font Awesome
Down in the last 7 days:31#15,692by Mykhailo Nykoliuk7 years ago
Wordpress plugin that adds the latest version 5 of Font Awesome into your WordPress project.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Image(s)
Up in the last 7 days:14#15,762by Scott Reilly14 years ago
Display an image for each category associated with a post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Category Icons
Down in the last 7 days:63#17,213by Bas Schuiling12 years ago
A simple way to add icons to your categories and other taxonomies.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day