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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.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 icon plugins

  1. 1.
    Font Awesome

    The most installed icon plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 61 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 802 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    Icon Element

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    The Icon Block

    40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 29 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    Favicon Rotator

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  6. 6.
    WP Font Awesome

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  7. 7.
    Mobile Contact Bar

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 30 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  8. 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. 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. 10.
    Site Favicon

    5K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

All 109 plugins tagged “icon”