by Themeisle 4.9 (850 reviews)

Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus

Name: Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus
Rating: 4.9 (850 reviews)
Author: Themeisle

Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.

Menu Icons by Themeisle ranks #305 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #46 of 8,698 in the Customization category, a 4.9/5 rating from 850 reviews, and was last updated Sep 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.3

v0.13.25 Current Version v0.13.25

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 29 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#46 of 8,698 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -66.6% this week Actively maintained

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100K+

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4.7M

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Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (850 reviews)

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850 reviews

Overall 98%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 days ago

Feb 3, 2026

Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus [menu-icons] < 0.13.21

CVE-2026-1755 · Fixed in v0.13.21
May 15, 2024

Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus [menu-icons] < 0.13.14

CVE-2024-4635 · Fixed in v0.13.14

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.13.25
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1.3
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Themeisle

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 850
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want to enhance their navigation menus visually. It solves the problem of plain, icon-less menus by letting users add and style icons (from Font Awesome, Dashicons, images, and more) directly on menu items via the Appearance > Menus screen.

Add icons to menu items
Dashicons support
Font Awesome support
Elusive Icons support
Foundation Icons support
Genericons support
Image and SVG attachments
Custom colors and sizes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus

You can use the icon_picker_icon_type_stylesheet_uri filter, eg: /** * Load Font Awesome's CSS from CDN * * @param string $stylesheet_uri Icon type's stylesheet URI. * @param string $icon_type_id Icon type's ID. * @param Icon_Picker_Type_Font $icon_type Icon type's instance. * * @return string */ function myprefix_font_awesome_css_from_cdn( $stylesheet_uri, $icon_type_id, $icon_type ) { if ( 'fa' === $icon_type_id ) { $stylesheet_uri = sprintf( 'https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/%s/css/font-awesome.min.css', $icon_type->version ); } return $stylesheet_uri; } add_filter( 'icon_picker_icon_type_stylesheet_uri', 'myprefix_font_awesome_css_from_cdn', 10, 3 );

Certainly! Here's how you can remove an icon type from your plugin/theme: /** * Remove one or more icon types * * Uncomment one or more line to remove icon types * * @param array $types Registered icon types. * @return array */ function my_remove_menu_icons_type( $types ) { // Dashicons //unset( $types['dashicons'] ); // Elusive //unset( $types['elusive'] ); // Font Awesome //unset( $types['fa'] ); // Foundation //unset( $types['foundation-icons'] ); // Genericons //unset( $types['genericon'] ); // Image //unset( $types['image'] ); return $types; } add_filter( 'menu_icons_types', 'my_remove_menu_icons_type' ); To add a new icon type, take a look at the files inside the includes/library/icon-picker/includes/types directory of this plugin.

Add this block of code to your mu-plugin file: add_filter( 'menu_icons_disable_settings', '__return_true' );

Add this block of code to your mu-plugin file: /** * Override hidden label class * * @param string $class Hidden label class. * @return string */ function my_menu_icons_hidden_label_class( $class ) { $class = 'hidden'; return $class; } add_filter( 'menu_icons_hidden_label_class', 'my_menu_icons_hidden_label_class' );

Add this block of code to your mu-plugin file: /** * Override menu item markup * * @param string $markup Menu item title markup. * @param integer $id Menu item ID. * @param array $meta Menu item meta values. * @param string $title Menu item title. * * @return string */ function my_menu_icons_override_markup( $markup, $id, $meta, $title ) { // Do your thing. return $markup; } add_filter( 'menu_icons_item_title', 'my_menu_icons_override_markup', 10, 4 );

Let me know via GitHub issues and I'll see what I can do.

Add this block of code to your mu-plugin file: /** * Disable menu icons for a menu * * @param array $menu_settings Menu Settings. * @param int $menu_id Menu ID. * * @return array */ function my_menu_icons_menu_settings( $menu_settings, $menu_id ) { if ( 13 === $menu_id ) { $menu_settings['disabled'] = true; } return $menu_settings; } add_filter( 'menu_icons_menu_settings', 'my_menu_icons_menu_settings', 10, 2 );

Create a new directory called fontpacks in wp-content. Grab the zip of the pack, extract, and upload it to the newly created directory. Enable the icon type from the Settings meta box. I can't select a custom image size from the *Image Size* dropdown Read this blog post.

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