Simple Category Icons
A simple way to add icons to your categories and other taxonomies.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.5★ from 6
- Active installs
- 90+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Oct 2014
- Added
- Aug 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 4.0.38
- Downloads
- 8,459
Our analysis
AI-assistedSimple Category Icons is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add icons next to your taxonomies, such as categories and tags. It provides a straightforward way to enhance the visual representation of your taxonomies with customizable icon sizes and integrates into the taxonomies admin interface.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to improve their site's taxonomy presentation without complex configurations. It is particularly useful for those who prefer a simple solution to manage icons for various taxonomies.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to visually enhance their taxonomies with icons.
What it does well
- ✓Customizable icon sizes: small, medium, large
- ✓Integrates into the taxonomies admin interface
- ✓Stores icons in the media library
- ✓Supports any taxonomy for icon placement
- ✓Allows output customization with filters and arguments
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in October 2014
- •Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38
- •Directory score of 46/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
Simple Category Icons offers a basic solution for adding icons to taxonomies, but its age and low directory score may raise concerns for some users.
From the developer
Bas Schuiling's own description of Simple Category Icons, lightly tidied.
- Author: Bas Schuiling
- Project URI: http://www.weblogmechanic.com/plugins/simple-category-icons/
- License: GPL 2. See License below for copyright jots and tittles.
Simple Category Icons (SCI) was developed because of dissatisfaction with other icon plugins for categories. SCI provides a way to put icons next to your taxonomies like categories, tags and custom taxonomies in a easy and friendly way. Besides being simple SCI offers you full control over the output.
Features:
- Three customizable sizes for your icons ( small, medium, large )
- Integrates in taxonomies admin interface
- Simple theme template call
- Stores your icons in the media library
- You can use any taxonomy to put icons at.
- Use filters and arguments to customize output
See the instructions under ‘installation’ to get most out of SCI.
More features will be added after popular demand
License
The FeedWordPress Advanced Filter plugin is copyright © 2013 by Bas Schuiling. It uses
code derived or translated from:
according to the terms of the GNU General Public License.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.