Subtle Icons is a WordPress icon ecosystem centered on finding and inserting icons without leaving the editor. It includes more than 100,000 icons, a native user interface, and support for SVG uploads, and it is presented as a simple option for WordPress sites that need icon handling in one place.
Its included blocks cover several common layout needs. Icon Button adds icons before or after button text and includes separate default and hover states. Icon + Text pairs an icon with a heading and text, with controls for icon position, alignment, and heading level. Icon List adds icons to individual list items and supports list-wide defaults, spacing, alignment, styling, and nested lists. A separate Icon block is available when only the icon is needed, with controls for size, color, and background.
The product also includes an ACF Icon Picker for adding an icon field to taxonomies, repeaters, options pages, and custom blocks in Advanced Custom Fields. A Developer API is provided for custom integrations, with lightweight filters and actions that can filter or restrict icon collections and configure default block icons globally. The page also mentions a native PHP API for the Icon Picker Field and Icon Registry, as well as extensive documentation and a coming API for custom Icon Button click events.
Subtle Icons is delivered as a WordPress plugin and is available from WordPress.org. The page states that it includes unlimited icons, and it notes that a pro suite is launching soon.
Subtle Icons sits in PulseGate's UI/UX & prototyping category. It focuses on allowing WordPress users to easily add and manage SVG icons in Gutenberg and ACF without external scripts or bloat. It is built as a consumer product for wordPress site designers and developers. There is a free tier, and paid plans start at $29. It runs on the web.
Evan Buckiewicz builds and maintains Subtle Icons, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 20 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 6 catalogued features are SVG icon picker, gutenberg integration, and ACF integration. The interface is available in English and Cornish.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
Closest matches by what these projects do