Icon Widget
Display an icon, title and description with a widget or a shortcode.
5(2 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Icon Widget is a WordPress icon plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 97K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Font Awesome.
5/52 reviews
4.0K+active installs
97K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Icon Widget creates a new WordPress widget that displays an icon, title and description. Select the size, color and text-alignment with easy to use dropdown options.
Icon Fonts Included
- Font Awesome 4 & 5
- Line Awesome
- Ionicons
- Streamline Icons
- ET Line Icons
More coming soon. We are open to suggestions.
Shortcode Usage
Since 1.0.6 you can now use the icon_widget shortcode. Below is a list of available attributes with their default values:
- classes => ‘icon-widget’
- title => ‘Icon Widget’
- content => ‘Add a short description.’
- icon => ‘fa-star’
- weight => ‘600’
- size => ‘2x’
- align => ‘center’
- color => ‘#333333’
- bg => ”
- padding…
Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Recent Reviews
A must for all WordPress sites
by MD. Mamun Khan·2 years ago
How can I use the Font Awesome shortcode?
Works Great!
by Anita C·8 years ago·1 reply
This works great and saves a lot of time. Easy for clients to manage.
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 11This week: 63Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
75.3%
v1.2
12.1%
v1.3
8.9%
Other
3.7%
Top Alternatives to Icon Widget
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4.0 – 10 April 2024
- Fix: Default icon font fallback if no option set
- Fix: Sanitize widget heading
- Fix: Escape all translatable strings
- Fix: Required file checks before loading
- Add: Composer json file
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.