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Free Plugin by Travis v2.8.4

Popular Brand Icons

An easy to use lightweight SVG icons plugin with over 1500+ brand icons. Use these icons in your menus, widgets, posts, or pages.

Popular Brand Icons

The facts

Rating
4.7★ from 10
Active installs
3k+
Price
Free
Last updated
20 Nov 2023
Added
Dec 2017
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
WP 6.3.10
Requires PHP
5.2.4
Downloads
80,392

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add high-quality SVG icons representing popular brands to your site. You can select icons from the WordPress admin settings page and use them in menus or via shortcodes on pages or PHP files. The icons can be customised in terms of color and size using specific attributes.

This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their WordPress sites with brand icons, particularly those in social media or creative fields. It offers a straightforward way to incorporate icons without needing extensive coding knowledge.

Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to add brand icons to their sites easily.

What it does well

  • Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
  • Supports over 500+ SVG icons from simpleicons.org
  • Customisable icon color and size
  • Easy to implement with shortcodes or menu integration
  • User-friendly for beginners and creatives

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on additional features or updates
  • No detailed support or documentation provided in the input

Verdict

Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons provides a simple solution for adding brand icons to your WordPress site. It is user-friendly and suitable for those who need basic icon functionality.

From the developer

Travis's own description of Popular Brand Icons, lightly tidied.

Add popular brand icons to WordPress with ease. Use these high quality SVG icons anywhere on your WordPress site, set the color and size using attributes.

Video Tutorial

How to use

Select an icon from the WordPress admin settings page, use the hashtag name in menus or use the shortcode for pages or php files.

Example:

[simple_icon name="wordpress" color="black" size="20px"]

Properties:

  • 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.

How to style icons

Use the following CSS code to change all icons color, size, etc.

span[class*="simple-icon"] {
    width: 2em;
    height: 2em;
}


span[class*="simple-icon"] svg {
    fill: #333;
}

Notes

Visit https://simpleicons.org to view over 500+ available social media icons and popular brand icons. Use the shortcode [simple_icon] to display an icon or use #iconname# in your menu item title.

Use GitHub for social media or other icon requests, corrections and contributions.

Please post any issues under the support tab. If you use and like this plugin, please don’t forget to rate it! Additionally, if you would like to see more features for the plugin, please let me know.

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