Spectre Icons
Adds Lucide, Font Awesome, and uploaded SVG icon libraries to Elementor's icon picker.
Solid choice
Spectre Icons is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 700+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (700+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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 Spectre Icons stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| elementor | >100 |
| Font Awesome | >100 |
| icons | #37 |
| lucide | #9 |
| SVG | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Spectre Icons
From the official readme · v1.5.0Description
Spectre Icons registers curated and uploaded SVG icon libraries inside Elementor’s icon picker and renders them as inline SVGs on the frontend.
- Enable or disable individual libraries from Settings → Spectre Icons
- Upload custom SVG icons from Settings → My Icons
- Manifest-driven rendering for bundled and uploaded SVG libraries
- Inline SVG injection in editor preview and frontend
- Disabled libraries are hidden from the picker; existing icons keep rendering
- Theme-friendly color inheritance through builder color controls
Supported widgets: Icon, Icon Box, Icon List, Social Icons.
Icon Attributions
Font Awesome Free
Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (icons) and MIT (code).
https://fontawesome.com/license/free
Lucide Icons
Licensed under the ISC License.
https://lucide.dev
Installation
From the WordPress admin
- Go to Plugins → Add New
- Search for “Spectre Icons”
- Click Install Now, then Activate
- Go to Settings → Spectre Icons and enable the libraries you want
Manual install
- Download the plugin ZIP
- Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Upload the ZIP, activate it, then go to Settings → Spectre Icons
Frequently asked questions
Which page builders are supported?
Elementor 3.x and 4.x, tested through Elementor 4.x. The architecture is built to support additional builders in future releases.
Can I disable individual icon libraries?
Yes. Uncheck a library under Settings → Spectre Icons to hide it from the Elementor icon picker. Icons already placed on your site will continue to render.
Can I add my own icon packs?
Yes. Upload SVG files from Settings → My Icons. Uploaded icons are sanitized, stored in a site-specific My Icons library, and appear in supported builder icon pickers after the first upload.
What are the system requirements?
WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, and Elementor 3.x or 4.x tested through Elementor 4.x.
Changelog
Migrates uploaded My Icons storage to individual SVG files plus a compiled editor manifest. Existing uploaded icons and saved spectre-user-* icon classes are preserved.
1.5.0
- Adds file-based storage for uploaded My Icons SVGs, with each icon stored as an individual sanitized .svg file
- Adds a lightweight manifest index and compiled editor manifest for uploaded icon libraries
- Migrates existing 1.4.x inline My Icons manifests to the new storage layout on the next admin load
- Preserves saved spectre-user-* icon classes and legacy inline manifest fallback behavior during migration
- Resolves filename-based SVG entries in the manifest registry while keeping bundled icon slugs unchanged
- Removes individual uploaded SVG files when their matching My Icons entry is deleted
1.4.1
- Fixes manifest header discovery so library metadata does not depend on the WordPress filesystem global
- Reads only the small manifest header needed for icon library metadata instead of loading entire large manifest files during discovery
- Fixes Elementor preview config support for uploaded and external manifest_path icon libraries
- Ensures uploaded icon manifests are available before editor and frontend render calls need them
- Improves outline icon rendering by preserving inherited stroke behavior instead of forcing SVG fill or stroke values
- Adds My Icons e2e coverage for uploaded icons in the Elementor picker, editor preview, and published frontend
- Stabilizes GitHub Actions and wp-env e2e setup by pinning Elementor, activating Spectre Icons, waiting for WordPress readiness, and collecting failure logs
1.4.0
- Makes the My Icons upload library unlimited by default
- Keeps support for custom limits through the spectre_icons_user_library_limit filter
- Updates the upload page and admin JavaScript to display and enforce limits only when a numeric limit is configured
1.3.1
- Updated release metadata for the 1.3.1 maintenance release
- Preserved bundled library slugs, saved icon class prefixes, and existing icon rendering behavior
1.3.0
- Added the My Icons admin page for uploading up to 25 site-specific SVG icons
- Added the spectre-user icon library for user-uploaded icons in Elementor
- Added upload and delete controls with SVG sanitization, file-size checks, and safe manifest storage
- Kept bundled Lucide and Font Awesome libraries first in the picker before custom libraries
- Hardened custom library manifest handling with WordPress filesystem APIs
- Escaped upload delete button labels and tightened empty attribute rendering
- Added Font Awesome Elementor e2e coverage and release/version proposal tooling
- Updated compatibility metadata for WordPress 7.0 and Elementor 4.x
1.2.1
- Introduced core manifest registry and builder-agnostic SVG renderer
- Added runtime manifest auto-discovery — drop a JSON file to add a library
- Fixed icon SVG persisting in the editor after resetting or changing an icon
- Fixed Elementor editor cache invalidating on every plugin update (ver now uses manifest filemtime)
- Added automatic Elementor cache flush on first admin load after a version change
- Bundled Lucide and Font Awesome manifests are now self-describing (metadata in JSON header)
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FAQ
Spectre Icons: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026
Is Spectre Icons free?
Yes. Spectre Icons is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Spectre Icons safe to use in 2026?
Spectre Icons is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 700+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Spectre Icons?
Spectre Icons is active on 700+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,483 times since it launched in January 2026. It was downloaded 234 times in the last 30 days.
Does Spectre Icons work with WordPress 7.1?
Spectre Icons is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Spectre Icons need?
Spectre Icons requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Spectre Icons last updated?
The latest version, 1.5.0, was released on June 22, 2026 (3 months ago).
Who makes Spectre Icons?
Spectre Icons is developed and maintained by phcdevworks.
What are the best alternatives to Spectre Icons?
The most popular alternatives to Spectre Icons are Ultimate Addons for Element… (2M+ installs), Essential Addons for Elemen… (1M+ installs) and Royal Addons for Elementor (600K+ installs).
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