One of the more exciting features coming in WordPress 7.1 is a public API for custom SVG icons. It finally gives developers a native way to register their own SVG icons and use them across the block editor - without relying on JavaScript workarounds.

What it lets you do:

• Register your own SVG icons using just PHP
• Group them into named collections
• Have them show up in the block editor's icon picker automatically
• Render them server-side in PHP templates
• Pull them through the REST API

No JavaScript. No build tools. Just PHP.

We wrote a guide and built a real plugin to test it on WordPress 7.1's test version, covering:

• Registering icons two ways: inline and from .svg files
• A simple pattern to auto-load a whole folder of icons at once
• Using a custom icon as a block's icon instead of the default Dashicon

Full guide with the working plugin code:

https://wpvibes.com/blog/wordpress-custom-icons/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

Has anyone else tried this on the test version yet?