Category Icon
by pixelgrade 1 (3 reviews)

Category Icon

A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms.

Category Icon ranks #5,012 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #536 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 1/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Aug 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.0.5 Current Version v1.0.5
Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 13 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on
#536 of 6,651 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads -32.8% this week
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#5,012
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Active Installs
2K+
-28.6%
KW Avg Position
163
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Downloads
89.7K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
20%
Review 1 out of 5
1 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 79.4%
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Rank Changes

4,761 4,888 5,015 5,141 5,268 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026
5,007 5,015 5,022 5,030 5,037 21-10-2026 22-10-2026 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026
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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

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Overall 20%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

  1. Category Icon [category-icon] < 1.0.3

    CVE-2025-68525 · Fixed in v1.0.3

  2. UNPATCHED

    Category Icon [category-icon] <= 1.0.3 (unfixed)

    CVE-2025-31039 · No fix released

  3. Category Icon [category-icon] < 1.0.2

    CVE-2025-31825 · Fixed in v1.0.2

  4. Category Icon [category-icon] < 1.0.1

    CVE-2024-8915 · Fixed in v1.0.1

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want to associate icons or images with taxonomy terms like categories and tags. It solves the lack of built-in fields for attaching icons or images to taxonomy terms, providing getter functions so developers can retrieve and display them in their theme.

  • Attach icon to taxonomy terms
  • Attach image to taxonomy terms
  • Works with categories, tags
  • Supports any taxonomy term
  • get_term_icon_id() getter function
  • get_term_icon_url() getter function
  • get_term_image_id() getter function
  • get_term_image_url() getter function

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Category Icon

Category Icon has 2,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Category Icon holds a 1 out of 5 star rating based on 3 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Category Icon is developed by pixelgrade and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Category Icon requires WordPress 5.9.0 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 7.1 and needs PHP 7.4 or newer.
Category Icon has been downloaded 89,711+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Category Icon is 1.0.5. It was last updated on August 13, 2026.
Yes. Category Icon is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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