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Menu Icons by Themeisle
Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.9★ from 848
- Active installs
- 100k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Added
- Feb 2014
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Downloads
- 4,551,378
Our analysis
AI-assistedMenu Icons by Themeisle is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add icons to your navigation menu items. After activation, you can edit your menus through the Appearance > Menus section, where you can enable or disable different icon types and set default settings for new menu items.
The plugin supports various icon types including Dashicons, Font Awesome, and SVG attachments. It is designed to work with most themes, particularly popular ones like Twenty Seventeen and Hestia, making it suitable for users looking to enhance their site's navigation with visual elements.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users wanting to enhance their navigation menus with icons.
What it does well
- ✓Allows adding icons to menu items
- ✓Supports multiple icon types including Font Awesome and SVG
- ✓Compatible with most themes, especially popular ones
- ✓User-friendly interface for menu editing
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Limited to the icon types specified
- •No information on planned updates or new features
Verdict
Menu Icons by Themeisle provides a straightforward way to add visual elements to navigation menus, making it a useful tool for enhancing user experience.
From the developer
Themeisle's own description of Menu Icons by Themeisle, lightly tidied.
This plugin gives you the ability to add icons to your menu items, similar to the look of the latest dashboard menu.
Usage
- After the plugin is activated, go to Appearance > Menus to edit your menus
- Enable/Disable icon types in “Menu Icons Settings” meta box
- Set default settings for current nav menu; these settings will be inherited by the newly added menu items
- Select icon by clicking on the “Select icon” link
- Save the menu
Supported icon types
- Dashicons (WordPress core icons)
- Elusive Icons by Aristeides Stathopoulos
- Font Awesome by Dave Gandy
- Foundation Icons by Zurb
- Genericons by Automattic
- Fontello icon packs
- TI Icons icon pack by ThemeIsle
- Image (attachments)
- SVG (attachments)
Planned supported icon types
- Image (URL)
Compatible themes
Menu icons works with most of the themes out there, especially with popular ones like Twenty Seventeen or Hestia.
Development of this plugin is done on GitHub. Pull requests welcome. Please see issues reported there before going to the plugin forum.
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