Simple Category Icons
A simple way to add icons to your categories and other taxonomies.
4.5(6 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Category Icons is a WordPress icon plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Font Awesome.
4.5/56 reviews
100active installs
7.9K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
- Author: Bas Schuiling
- Project URI: http://www.weblogmechanic.com/plugins/simple-category-icons/
- License: GPL 2. See License below for copyright jots and tittles.
Simple Category Icons (SCI) was developed because of dissatisfaction with other icon plugins for categories. SCI provides a way to put icons next to your taxonomies like categories, tags and custom taxonomies in a easy and friendly way. Besides being simple SCI offers you full control over the output.
Features:
- Three customizable sizes for your icons ( small, medium, large )
- Integrates in taxonomies admin interface
- Simple theme template call
- Stores your icons in the media library
- You can use any taxonomy to put icons at.
- Use filters and arguments to customize output
See the instructions under ‘installation’ to…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.13
- Tested up to WordPress 4.0
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