Block Icons vs The Icon Block

Block Icons adds a single, focused Icon block to the WordPress block editor for inserting Google Material Symbols. Browse thousands of icons in three styles (Outlined, Rounded, Sharp) with search, category filtering, and recently-used — then drop one into your content and style it. Highlights Thousands of Google Material Symbols, three styles, plus filled variants. Fast picker: search by name or keyword, filter by category, recently-used. Clean inline SVG output — no icon font is loaded and no external requests are made, so it is fast and privacy-friendly. Per-icon controls: style, fill, size, color, hover color, alignment, link (with open-in-new-tab), and accessibility (mark decorative or set a label). Server-rendered (dynamic) block: changing how icons render in future updates won’t invalidate your existing content.

The Icon Block plugin registers a single, easy-to-use block that allows you to add custom SVG icons and graphics to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). The plugin also includes the complete WordPress icon library with 290+ SVG icons. Key features 290+ native WordPress icons, including social logos Use any custom SVG icon or graphic Insert icons from your Media Library if SVG uploads are supported Includes handy icon controls (link, rotate, alignment, colors, border, padding, margin, etc.) Fully compatible with the Site Editor No block library required 🎉 Built almost entirely with native WordPress components Will get additional functionality as it’s added to WordPress core Register your own custom icon library. Learn more Stay connected View on GitHub Visit plugin project page Follow on Twitter