Icon Fonts
This plugin adds support for 18 free icon fonts (over 6000 icons).
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Icon Fonts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (300+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.2 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Icon Fonts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| Dashicons | >100 |
| font | >100 |
| Font Awesome | >100 |
| foundation | >100 |
| genericons | #26 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Icon Fonts
From the official readme · v1.0.0Description
This plugin adds support for 18 free icon fonts (over 6000 icons).
Dashicons (218 icons)
Elegant (360 icons)
Elusive (304 icons)
Entypo (284 icons)
Font Awesome (519 icons)
Foundation (284 icons)
Genericons (147 icons)
IcoMoon Free (491 icons)
Ionicons (734 icnons)
Map Icons (176 icons)
Material Design (1062 icons)
MFG Labs (186 icons)
Octicons (179 icons)
Open Iconic (229 icons)
OpenWeb (118 icons)
Sosa (122 icons)
Themify (352 icons)
Typicons (336 icons)
Each font is freely distributed under an open source licence.
Contact the author of a font if you have questions about using it.
Credits:
Jaime Caballero for his Sosa stylesheet.
pnull for his Entypo stylesheet.
Installation
- Upload the “icon-fonts” directory to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin via the “Plugins” menu on the WordPress dashboard.
- Activate the required icon fonts in the settings panel.
- Use the star button in the visual editor to insert icons.
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FAQ
Icon Fonts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026
Is Icon Fonts free?
Yes. Icon Fonts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Icon Fonts safe to use in 2026?
Icon Fonts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Icon Fonts?
Icon Fonts is active on 300+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 13,018 times since it launched in June 2015. It was downloaded 79 times in the last 30 days.
Does Icon Fonts work with WordPress 7.1?
Icon Fonts is officially tested up to WordPress 4.2.39, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Icon Fonts last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on June 13, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Icon Fonts?
Icon Fonts is developed and maintained by sydcode.
What are the best alternatives to Icon Fonts?
The most popular alternatives to Icon Fonts are Menu Icons by Themeisle (100K+ installs), Frontend Dashicons (600+ installs) and Post Featured Font Icon (60+ installs).
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