Easy Category Icons
by templatic1 2.6 (10 reviews)

Easy Category Icons

The Templatic Category Icons plugin adds the ability for your theme to be able to show a category icon in the sidebar and before the category title in …

Easy Category Icons ranks #8,259 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, a 2.6/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Oct 27, 2018. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 27 Oct, 2018
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
Top 25% by installs Downloads -15.9% this week No update in over a year
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#8,259
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Active Installs
600+
-11.1%
KW Avg Position
4
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Downloads
19.9K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
52%
Review 2.6 out of 5
2.6 (10 reviews)

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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

2.6
10 reviews
Overall 52%
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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Oct 27, 2018
Requires WP
3.5+
Tested Up To
5
PHP Version
N/A
Author
templatic1

Support & Rating

Rating
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 2.6
Reviews
10
Support Threads
0
Resolved
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who display post categories in a sidebar or widget. It adds an icon to each category so it appears beside the category name on category pages and in category widgets.

  • Category icon in sidebar
  • Icon before category title
  • Upload images per category
  • Font Awesome icon support
  • Icon shown in categories widget
  • Category Icons section in admin

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Easy Category Icons

Yes. You can use function " templ_get_the_icon " where you have to pass the argument templ_get_the_icon(array('size'=> 'small'),'taxonomy',term_id);
It will return you an array which has fontawesome icon and category image
Yes. Source credits for the plugin should remain intact, per GPL requirements.

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