Plugin left unmaintained with known security flaw
The plugin is not kept up to date with library versions, WordPress releases, or PHP 7, leaving a reported security flaw and missing icons.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 2 November 2018 · last reported 27 November 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners report that this icon plugin has gone long stretches without updates. One reports a Wordfence alert for a missing-authorization vulnerability and says they had to remove the plugin. Others say the bundled icon library is behind upstream, so newer brands such as Bluesky are missing, and that a WordPress version bump or PHP 7 compatibility is still outstanding. Owners who cannot patch code themselves are left with a choice between insecure software and losing their icons. The gap creates a clear opening for a maintained fork or a managed update service that tracks upstream icons and security advisories for sites that rely on them.
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Products affected
Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons.
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Who has this problem
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