Easy Category Icons
by templatic1 · WordPress.org page · Website
Easy Category Icons has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 20,685 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 27, 2018, tested up to WordPress 5.0.27.
Easy Category Icons at a glance
Is Easy Category Icons well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Download this Free Post Badges Plugin from below link
- Connect to your WordPress dashboard (wp-admin) and navigate to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin > Now upload the downloaded…
- Once you install this plugin successfully, click on Activate Plugin
- To set the Category Icons to your added categories navigate to wp-admin > Post > Categories > here you will see Category Icons section
- Here you can assign category icons or Font awesome tags to your category as per your choice and save the settings
Easy Category Icons reviews and ratings
10 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
10 reviews
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Doesn't work. Not supported.
Should have been taken down from the repository long time ago.
Ivaylo Tinchev -
NOT WORKING
No icons on product category widget
leolamanna -
Doesnt work
It doesn't show on posts or in category archives. It just shows in Admin dashboard which is useless when the icon doesn't show on your pages.
Rijo Abraham -
Free support not available
Free support not available
panjianom -
Good Plugin
Good Plugin But I Find Bug. if Turn On Wordpress Debug See notice In Category Widgets in Line 399 and 400 thanks
Mohammad Amin -
Does not work
Wp 5.1.1 using Creativo theme and WP Bakery simple circular images used as badges to represent different divisions of clients company...Images load and show in category list but nothing shows in posts or latest news grid.
alphaandomega
Details
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 …
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- category icon
- category title
- templatic
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- Version
- 1.0.1
- Last updated
- Oct 27, 2018
- First published
- Jun 2, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 3.5
- Tested up to
- 5.0.27
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Easy Category Icons FAQ
What does Easy Category Icons do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Easy Category Icons offers Download this Free Post Badges Plugin from below link, Connect to your WordPress dashboard (wp-admin) and navigate to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin > Now upload the downloaded, Once you install this plugin successfully, click on Activate Plugin, To set the Category Icons to your added categories navigate to wp-admin > Post > Categories > here you will see Category Icons section and Here you can assign category icons or Font awesome tags to your category as per your choice and save the settings.
How many active installs does Easy Category Icons have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Easy Category Icons as of September 7, 2026.
Is Easy Category Icons still maintained?
The last release was on October 27, 2018, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Easy Category Icons free?
Easy Category Icons is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.