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Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
100,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
8
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.9
out of 5, from 848 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
100.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Menu Icons by Themeisle and who is behind it?
Menu Icons by Themeisle is a WordPress plugin in the “Page building” field, made by Themeisle. It has been listed in the directory since 20 Feb 2014, so for 12 years. Themeisle has 20 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 8 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Menu Icons by Themeisle last released?
The last release of Menu Icons by Themeisle came 8 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Menu Icons by Themeisle have?
Menu Icons by Themeisle had 100,000 to 199,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 219 plugins had a higher band and 179 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 100,000 means at least 100,000 and at most 199,999.
Which WordPress version is Menu Icons by Themeisle tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Menu Icons by Themeisle compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 28.3% of them had a more recent last release than Menu Icons by Themeisle; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Menu Icons by Themeisle | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 8 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.9 (848) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 100.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | not stated | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | menu-icons |
|---|---|
| Author | Themeisle |
| Active installs | 100,000 to 199,999 |
| Last release | 8 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Rating | 4.9 out of 5 from 848 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 1 of 1 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 20 Feb 2014 |
| Total downloads | 4,551,003, updates included |
| Tags | dashicons, font-awesome, image-icons, menu-icons, navigation-menu |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashicons | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| font-awesome | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| image-icons | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| menu-icons | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| navigation-menu | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2014
Menu Icons by Themeisle has been listed since 20 Feb 2014. Of the 190 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2014, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Custom Fields | 90,000 to 99,999 | 3 days before the reference date | 4.9 (36) |
| WP Font Awesome | 10,000 to 19,999 | 780 days before the reference date | 4.9 (9) |
| WP Menu Icons | 20,000 to 29,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.9 (138) |
Do you maintain Menu Icons by Themeisle?
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/menu-icons/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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