Icons for Plugins – TxToIT

FAQ

Installation Instructions

1. Upload the entire ‘txtoit-icons-for-plugins’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Start by visiting plugin settings at Settings > Plugins Icons.

Why creating a plugin to display plugins icons?

• Icons can help you understand what a plugin is about.
• Icons help you identify plugins quickier
• Icons make that plugins list page (wp-admin/plugins.php) something less boring, right?
• Almost every WordPress plugin on wp.org already has its own Icon / Banner. Why not to use it inside WordPress dashboard?

How does it work?

• This plugin will create a new column on plugins list page on admin. This column will display icons for plugins.

Where do the icons come from?

• They come from wordpress.org. The icons and banners authors choose for their plugins on wordpress.org will be used by this plugin. If a plugin doesn’t have an icon, its banner will be used instead

How to register icons for plugins that aren’t on the WordPress repository?

You can use the filter ‘ifp_plugin_icon_url’. See its documentation below

Are there any hooks / filters available?

ifp_plugin_icon_url – Allows to add icons for any plugins

add_filter( 'ifp_plugin_icon_url', function( $icon_url, $plugin_title, $plugin_infs ){
    if( $plugin_title == 'Your Plugin Name' ){
        $icon_url = 'http://your-image.jpg';
    }
    return $icon_url;
}, 10, 3 );

Can I change icon size among other settings?

• Yes, On Settings > Plugins icons, you can even play with some settings, like icon’s size and the column position they will be displayed.