Description
Icon Widget creates a new WordPress widget that displays an icon, title and description. Select the size, color and text-alignment with easy to use dropdown options.
Icon Fonts Included
- Font Awesome 4 & 5
- Line Awesome
- Ionicons
- Streamline Icons
- ET Line Icons
More coming soon. We are open to suggestions.
Shortcode Usage
Since 1.0.6 you can now use the icon_widget shortcode. Below is a list of available attributes with their default values:
- classes => ‘icon-widget’
- title => ‘Icon Widget’
- content => ‘Add a short description.’
- icon => ‘fa-star’
- weight => ‘600’
- size => ‘2x’
- align => ‘center’
- color => ‘#333333’
- bg => ”
- padding => ”
- radius => ”
- heading => ‘h4’
- break => ‘
<br>‘
Here is an example of the icon widget shortcode using all available parameters:
[icon_widget classes="icon-widget" title="Icon Widget" content="Add a short description" icon="fa-star" weight="600" size="2x" align="center" color="#fff" bg="#333" padding="30" radius="30" heading="h4" break="<br>"]
Installation
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- Type in the name of the WordPress Plugin or descriptive keyword, author, or tag in Search Plugins box or click a tag link below the screen.
- Find the WordPress Plugin you wish to install.
- Click Details for more information about the Plugin and instructions you may wish to print or save to help setup the Plugin.
- Click Install Now to install the WordPress Plugin.
- The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install.
- If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate it, or Return to Plugin Installer for further actions.
FAQ
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Can you add an Icon block?
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Yes, we are working on it! In the meantime, the
[icon_widget]shortcode can be used in the Shortcode Block. -
How do I change the icon font?
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The icon font can be changed from Settings > Icon Widget.
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Can you add another icon font?
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Yes, we will add additional icon fonts upon request.
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Contributors & Developers
“Icon Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.4.0 – 10 April 2024
- Fix: Default icon font fallback if no option set
- Fix: Sanitize widget heading
- Fix: Escape all translatable strings
- Fix: Required file checks before loading
- Add: Composer json file
1.3.0 – 3 January 2023
- Fix: Escape all shortcode attributes
1.2.6
- Added font weight setting
- Refactor loops in admin widget view
1.2.5
- Fixed escaping quotes issue in widget content.
1.2.4
- Fixed default font family in admin widget view.
- Fixed quotes issue in widget.
1.2.3
- Fixed quotation marks bug.
1.2.2
- Fixed broken settings link.
1.2.1
- Added link setting.
- Refactor widget to use shortcode.
1.2.0
- Added Font Awesome 5
- Refactored entire plugin.
1.1.0
- Added ET Line icons font.
- Refactor some reusable code.
1.0.9
- Added background color, padding and border radius options.
1.0.8
- Fixed deprecated create_function in PHP7.2
1.0.7
- Added
icon_widgetshortcode. - Added conditional exit to settings file.
1.0.6
- Added streamline icons.
1.0.5
- Fixed scripts and styles loading on all admin screens.
1.0.4
- Added filters for plugin defaults.
1.0.3
- Added filterable default settings.
1.0.2
- Added Ionicons font.
1.0.1
- Added settings page.
- Fixed multiple color picker instances.
- Removed caching and clean up output.
1.0.0
- Initial release.