One of the best features of WordPress is the ability to create custom post types. This allows the content of a website to be organised into logical groups and provides more dynamic and interesting content to the user.
One customisation that can benefit admin users is to assign a custom icon for each post type on the website. This way, you can make each post type more distinct and navigate the admin area more easily. To get started, go to the WordPress Dashicons page and look at the list of available icons. There are over 300 icons available so it may be easier to search for an icon you would like. Click the icon you want and take note of the unicode. For example, a video icon is “\f235”.
In the WordPress admin area, take note of the name of the custom post type we are adding a new icon for. Then open the functions.php file in your WordPress theme and go to the part where you have WordPress configurations and the following code snippet:
Replace “menu-posts-tools” with the name of your custom posts type and replace “content: “\f308″;” with the suitable unicode for your icon.
Save the file and refresh the WordPress admin area and now you have a custom icon that you can use to identify the custom post types on your website.
This is just one example of a new custom post type icon. Drop your ideas for icons for different custom post types in the comments below!
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