Menu Icons by ThemeIsle
Spice up your navigation menus with pretty icons, easily.
4.9(843 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Menu Icons by ThemeIsle is a WordPress menu plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 843 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.4M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
4.9/5843 reviews
100K+active installs
100%resolved
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin gives you the ability to add icons to your menu items, similar to the look of the latest dashboard menu.
Usage
- After the plugin is activated, go to Appearance > Menus to edit your menus
- Enable/Disable icon types in “Menu Icons Settings” meta box
- Set default settings for current nav menu; these settings will be inherited by the newly added menu items
- Select icon by clicking on the “Select icon” link
- Save the menu
Supported icon types
- Dashicons (WordPress core icons)
- Elusive Icons by Aristeides Stathopoulos
- Font Awesome by Dave Gandy
- Foundation Icons by Zurb
- Genericons by Automattic
- Fontello icon packs
- TI Icons icon pack by ThemeIsle
- Image (attachments)
- SVG (attachments)
Planned supported icon types
- Image (URL)
Compatible themes
Menu icons works…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.9843 reviews
5 ★
786
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3 ★
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2 ★
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12
Recent Reviews
Excellent
by jtatayb·5 days ago·1 reply
Really easy and useful
Does what it says!
by uncouthmike·5 days ago·1 reply
Straight forward, with enough flexibility to be useful. Great work!
Good features!
by Rico·1 month ago·1 reply
I have used this for a long time with no problems but the 0.13.21 version somehow shrinked my icons.
The rollback option is awesome – so thanks for that.
You might want to see why the icon sizes have changed with the update!
Perfect
by danimoe·2 months ago·1 reply
Perfect
Perfect
·2 months ago·1 reply
Easy to use and works well
Download Trends
Today: 450Yesterday: 727This week: 4KPeriod total: 537K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.13
86.2%
v0.12
9.1%
Other
4.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 0.13.21 (2026-02-03)
- Enhanced security
Version 0.13.20 (2025-12-15)
- Fixed compatibility with PHP 8.1+ versions
- Updated dependencies
Version 0.13.19 (2025-09-05)
- Updated dependencies
Version 0.13.18 (2025-05-23)
- Updated dependencies
Version 0.13.17 (2025-04-17)
…and 34 more changes
Contributors
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