Plugin Icons

In December 2011, we added header images to the top of pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party screens. In 2012 we made even more changes to the plugin directory and started supporting HiDPI images for those plugin headers as well. Then we let you put screenshots in the assets folder too.

Continuing that grand tradition of making your plugins prettier, we’re tossing a new one into the mix. Plugin Icons.

Plugin icons are 128 pixels square. HiDPI (retina) icons are supported at 256 pixels square. Like banners, these go into your /assets directory and can be either a PNG or JPG. So just create assets/icon-128x128.(png|jpg) and/or assets/icon-256x256.(png|jpg) and you have an icon.

You also have another option: SVG. Vectors are perfect for icons like this, as they can be scaled to any size and the file itself is small. For an SVG file, you simply need an assets/icon.svg file.

We may implement SVG-to-images fallbacks in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for browsers that don’t support them, so if you go the SVG route, I’d suggest also turning your SVG into a PNG. (SVG takes precedence.)

Huzzah! Make ’em rock, folks! But don’t worry, there are fallbacks

Read the announcement post. Enjoy.