Simple Icons
Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons
by Travis · WordPress.org page · Website
Simple Icons has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 80,447 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on November 20, 2023, tested up to WordPress 6.3.10.
Simple Icons at a glance
Is Simple Icons well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- name The name of the social icon (search https://simpleicons.org/ to find an icon)
- color (optional) The color of the icon (example: #ffffff or white). Default is pulled from the framework
- size (optional) The size of the icon Default is 1.5rem
- class (optional) Add a custom CSS class to the icon
Simple Icons reviews and ratings
10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Lovely plugin, but...
This is an excellent plugin. It's easy to use, and it definitely fills a need. I love displaying the icons for various sites without having to hunt them down and host them myself. The plugin would be even better if the maintainer submitted the latest version of the GitHub code to the WordPress Plugin Repository!
Cynthia Armistead -
Useful and easy to use.
Very useful plugin and easy to use. Thank you!
ld2digital -
Much Lighter Than My Themes Icons!
Trashed my theme generated icons and replaced with Popular Brands SVG icons, Good Stuff! Thank you! Super lightweight!
Jimmy Lee -
useful plugin :)
Very useful :)
frank -
Great plugin
I love this plugin flexible and useful. My only suggestion is the menu should be under tools instead of settings.
Charles E. Frees-Melvin -
Able to use but cannot see icon list, error 504
Hi, idea looks good but after activating the plugin and clicking View Icons it start loading and after some time I get an 504 error. Other plugins are responsive and working as expected, so I assume is something related to this plugin or some URL that is not working as expected. I'm able to use the shortcodes, only limitation for now is that I cannot view and search the icons using the View Icons section.
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Details
An easy to use lightweight SVG icons plugin with over 1500+ brand icons. Use these icons in your menus, widgets, posts, or pages.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- add social media icons to wordpress
- icons shortcodes
- menu icons
- social media icons
- svg icons
More from Travis
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RSS Feed Retriever 7,000+ installs
- Version
- 2.8.4
- Last updated
- Nov 20, 2023
- First published
- Dec 12, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- 6.3.10
- Requires PHP
- 5.2.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Simple Icons FAQ
What does Simple Icons do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple Icons offers name The name of the social icon (search https://simpleicons.org/ to find an icon), color (optional) The color of the icon (example: #ffffff or white). Default is pulled from the framework, size (optional) The size of the icon Default is 1.5rem and class (optional) Add a custom CSS class to the icon.
How many active installs does Simple Icons have?
WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Simple Icons as of September 7, 2026.
Is Simple Icons still maintained?
The last release was on November 20, 2023, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Simple Icons free?
Simple Icons is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.