Trent Stromkins

<p>Enable Navigation Icons makes it simple to add and customize icons for your WordPress Navigation Block items. Whether you’re building a simple menu or complex mega menu navigation, this plugin provides intuitive controls for adding beautiful icons to your navigation links.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bmx269/enable-navigation-icons/main/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">Try it in WordPress Playground</a></strong> — test the plugin instantly in your browser, no installation required.</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Companion Plugin:</strong> Use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/icon-block/" rel="ugc">Icon Block</a> plugin to add custom icon sets and expand your icon library options. Icon Block is a powerful companion that allows you to register additional icon libraries for use with Enable Navigation Icons.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<p><strong>Icon Selection</strong><br />
* Browse and select from a curated collection of WordPress icons<br />
* Upload and use custom SVG icons from your media library<br />
* Paste custom SVG code directly for complete flexibility</p>
<p><strong>Icon Positioning</strong><br />
* Position icons before or after navigation link text (left/right)<br />
* Space between justification for full-width layouts<br />
* Vertical alignment options (top, center, bottom) for multi-line menu items<br />
* Fine-tune icon position with vertical offset (supports px, %, em, rem units)</p>
<p><strong>Icon Styling</strong><br />
* Adjust icon dimensions with a slider control (supports px, em, rem units)<br />
* Control the gap between icon and text (supports px, em, rem units)<br />
* Choose from theme colors or set a custom color<br />
* Support for stroke-based icons with “No Fill” option (e.g., Lucide icons)</p>
<p><strong>Navigation Block Default Settings</strong><br />
Set default icon settings at the Navigation block level that apply to all child navigation items:<br />
* Configure size, spacing, color, position, vertical alignment, offset, and styling once for the entire navigation<br />
* Individual navigation items can inherit defaults or use custom settings<br />
* Works seamlessly with multiple and nested Navigation blocks<br />
* Applies to both inline navigation items and dynamically loaded WordPress menus</p>
<p>This feature streamlines icon management for large navigation menus by eliminating repetitive configuration while maintaining flexibility for individual items.</p>
<p><strong>Ollie Menu Designer Integration</strong><br />
Full support for the Ollie Menu Designer plugin’s mega menu dropdown items:<br />
* Add icons to Ollie mega menu dropdown navigation items<br />
* Same icon selection and styling options as standard navigation items<br />
* Works seamlessly with Ollie themes and the Menu Designer plugin</p>
<h4>Supported Blocks</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>core/navigation</code> – Navigation block (for setting default icon settings)</li>
<li><code>core/navigation-link</code> – Standard navigation links</li>
<li><code>core/navigation-submenu</code> – Submenu/dropdown navigation items</li>
<li><code>ollie/mega-menu</code> – Ollie Menu Designer dropdown menu items (requires Ollie Menu Designer plugin)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>This plugin was inspired by and incorporates code and ideas from the <a href="https://github.com/ndiego/enable-button-icons" rel="nofollow ugc">enable-button-icons</a> project. Special thanks to @ndiego for his excellent work on button icon functionality, which served as a foundation for implementing navigation icon features.</p>


Enable Navigation Icons

Easily add icons to Navigation Block items in WordPress.

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<p>This plugin gives you the ability to add icons to your menu items, similar to the look of the latest dashboard menu.</p>
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<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>After the plugin is activated, go to <em>Appearance</em> > <em>Menus</em> to edit your menus</li>
<li>Enable/Disable icon types in “Menu Icons Settings” meta box</li>
<li>Set default settings for current nav menu; these settings will be inherited by the newly added menu items</li>
<li>Select icon by clicking on the “Select icon” link</li>
<li>Save the menu</li>
</ol>
<h4>Supported icon types</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dashicons (WordPress core icons)</li>
<li><a href="http://shoestrap.org/downloads/elusive-icons-webfont/" rel="nofollow ugc">Elusive Icons</a> by <a href="http://shoestrap.org/blog/author/aristath/" rel="nofollow ugc">Aristeides Stathopoulos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fontawesome.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome</a> by <a href="http://twitter.com/davegandy" rel="nofollow ugc">Dave Gandy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://zurb.com/playground/foundation-icon-fonts-3/" rel="nofollow ugc">Foundation Icons</a> by <a href="http://zurb.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Zurb</a></li>
<li><a href="http://genericons.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Genericons</a> by <a href="http://automattic.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Automattic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fontello.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fontello</a> icon packs</li>
<li><a href="http://themeisle.com/free-icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">TI Icons</a> icon pack by <a href="http://twitter.com/themeisle" rel="nofollow ugc">ThemeIsle</a></li>
<li>Image (attachments)</li>
<li>SVG (attachments)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Planned supported icon types</h4>
<ul>
<li>Image (URL)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Compatible themes</h4>
<p>Menu icons works with most of the themes out there, especially with popular ones like Twenty Seventeen or <a href="https://themeisle.com/themes/hestia/" rel="nofollow ugc">Hestia</a>.</p>
<p>Development of this plugin is done on <a href="https://github.com/codeinwp/wp-menu-icons" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. <strong>Pull requests welcome</strong>. Please see <a href="https://github.com/codeinwp/wp-menu-icons/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">issues reported</a> there before going to the plugin forum.</p>
<h3>If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeinWP Blog</a> – Designer’s Guide To WordPress<br />
<a href="https://revive.social" rel="nofollow ugc">Revive.Social</a> – Social Media Tools<br />
<a href="https://justfreethemes.com" rel="nofollow ugc">JustFreeThemes</a> – Free WordPress Themes directory</p>


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