Description
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.
Screenshots
The Icon block and its picker (search + categories). 
Per-icon style controls in the editor sidebar. 
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Icon Insert and customize Google Material Symbols icons.
Installation
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/, or install it from the Plugins screen. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
- In the editor, add the Icon block (Media category), open the picker, and choose an icon.
FAQ
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Does it load a font or call an external service?
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No. Icons are rendered as inline SVG bundled with the plugin. Nothing is loaded from Google or any third party.
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Which icons are included?
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The Google Material Symbols library in Outlined, Rounded, and Sharp styles, including filled variants.
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I am upgrading from an older version — will my existing icons break?
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No. Icons placed with earlier versions keep working: they are automatically re-rendered as inline SVG, with no action required. You can also convert an old icon to the new Icon block from the editor’s block toolbar.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Block Icons: Google Library Collection” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
2.0.0
- Complete rewrite. New Icon block: browse thousands of Material Symbols (Outlined / Rounded / Sharp) with search, categories, and recently-used.
- Output is now inline SVG — no icon font and no external requests (faster, privacy-friendly).
- Per-icon controls: style, fill, size, color, hover color, alignment, link, and accessibility.
- Backward compatible: existing icons from earlier versions are re-rendered as inline SVG automatically, and can be converted to the new block from the toolbar.