Alexander Lueken

<p>e.nigma buttons is a lightweight plugin that adresses a common problem that applies to many WordPress users: Visually highlight a link (e.g. a download link). One great solution is the use of buttons</p>
<p>The purpose of a button is clear. You press that button and something happens. This is a well known principle that most users are aware of. In contrast to regular text links (e.g. a download link), buttons are more likely to be noticed, especially if you use them in combination with an icon.</p>
<p>e.nigma buttons allows you to easily create those visually attractive buttons using a simple shortcode environment.</p>
<p>Development of the plugin is an open process. The current version is available on github:</p>
<p>https://github.com/chemiker/enigma-buttons</p>
<p>Feel free to contribute and to fix errors or send improvements via github.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes & Attributes</h3>
<p><em>e.nigma buttons</em> adds the shortcode <code>[button]</code> to your installation. The following options can be used to adjust the button for your needs:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>label</code>: The label of your button</li>
<li><code>icon</code>: The icon of your button</li>
<li><code>link</code>: The link of your button</li>
<li><code>color</code>: The color of button</li>
<li><code>border</code>: yes (default) or no</li>
<li><code>size</code>: small, medium (default) or large</li>
<li><code>class</code>: Additional CSS classes that will be added to your buttons icon</li>
</ul>
<p>Most of the shortcodes attributes are self explaining. However, it must be noted that the <code>icon</code> attribute can be filled by using modififed <a href="http://fontawesome.io/icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome shortcodes</a>.</p>
<p>For instance: If you want to use the GitHub icon you would search for that icon in the <a href="http://fontawesome.io/icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">list of all icons</a>. What you will find is the corresponding CSS class. For <em>e.nigma buttons</em> the name of the icon (which is obtained if stripping the “fa-” in the beginning of the CSS class) is used. For GitHub the CSS class would be <code>fa-github</code>. Thus, <code>github</code> is your value for the <code>icon</code> attribute.</p>
<h4>Colors</h4>
<p>The following colors are avaible:<br />
* green<br />
* orange<br />
* purple<br />
* cyan<br />
* white<br />
* red<br />
* black</p>
<p>In addition to those values you can also use a hex color code (e.g. #ff3600)</p>
<h4>Icons</h4>
<p><em>e.nigma buttons</em> uses <a href="http://fontawesome.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome</a> by Dave Gandy as icon resource. <a href="http://fontawesome.io/icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">An overview over all available icons</a> can be found on their website.</p>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<pre><code>[button label="My GitHub account" icon="github" color="orange" link="https://github.com/chemiker"]
</code></pre>
<p>Brings you an linked, medium-sized, orange button that has a GitHub icon and the label “My GitHub account”.</p>
<pre><code>[button icon="github" color="orange" link="https://github.com/chemiker" size="large"]
</code></pre>
<p>Brings you an orange, large-sized, linked GitHub icon.</p>


e.nigma buttons

e.nigma buttons allows you to easily add buttons to your posts, pages etc.

Themeisle

WPShout

<p>This plugin gives you the ability to add icons to your menu items, similar to the look of the latest dashboard menu.</p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YcSotWXIczI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<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>


Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus

Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.

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