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Simple Category Icons

A simple way to add icons to your categories and other taxonomies.

By Bas Schuiling·Icon·Free
4.5(6 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As 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

4.56 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.13

  • Tested up to WordPress 4.0
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Bas SchuilingBas Schuiling
Plugin Info
Version
1.12
Last Updated
Oct 28, 2014
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.0.38
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
7.9K+
Added
Aug 19, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

iconiconscategorycategories

Developer

B
Bas Schuiling
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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