wpsnoop: fix Category Icons plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Category Icons conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Category Icons, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Category Icons.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Category Icons leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Category Icons version 2.2.3 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Category Icons to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.2.3 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 2.2.3 of Category Icons behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Category Icons by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: Category Icons

Plugin Slug: category-icons Internal ID: 12192 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 2.2.3 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 41 (315.37kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 1 Function Count: 37 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Category Icons add to WordPress?

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The plugin Category Icons added 41 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/	315.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/category_icons_walker.php	368.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/category_icons_widget.php	5.52kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/category_icons.css	1.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/category_icons.php	59.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/changelog.txt	11.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/images/	940.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/images/arrowdown.png	653.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/images/spacer.gif	43.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/images/w3c-xhtml1.0.png	244.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/js/	15.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/js/category_icons_checkall.js	303.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/js/category_icons.js	1.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/js/jquery.metadata.min.js	1.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js	12.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/	205.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-ar.mo	8.86kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-bg_BG.mo	8.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-by_BY.mo	9.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-cs_CZ.mo	7.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-da_DK.mo	6.91kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-de_DE.mo	6.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-es_ES.mo	6.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-fa_IR.mo	12.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-fr_FR.mo	10.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-hi_IN_HI.mo	9.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-it_IT.mo	10.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-ja.mo	8.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-nl_NL.mo	7.78kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-pl_PL.mo	9.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-pt_BR.mo	7.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-ru_RU.mo	9.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-sk_SK.mo	6.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-sv_SE.mo	7.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-tr_TR.mo	7.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-uk.mo	8.30kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-uz_UZ.mo	10.33kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-zh_CN.mo	7.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category_icons-zh_TW.mo	6.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/languages/category-icons-ro_RO.mo	10.52kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/category-icons/readme.txt	14.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Category Icons add to WordPress?

The plugin Category Icons did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Category Icons?

Category Icons created 1 new database table when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_ig_caticons	The wp_ig_caticons table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting Category Icons using WP-CLI there were 1 database table that still remained:

Table name	Status
wp_ig_caticons	Orphan/Zombie

Click the table name above for more information on what the orphan table could mean to your WordPress installation and some tips on how to deal with it.

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Category Icons?

When Category Icons was activated and loaded for the first time it created 16 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
igcaticons_before_name		The igcaticons_before_name option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
true
igcaticons_filetypes		The igcaticons_filetypes option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
jpg gif jpeg png
igcaticons_fit_height		The igcaticons_fit_height option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
-1
igcaticons_fit_width		The igcaticons_fit_width option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
-1
igcaticons_iconcatpage		The igcaticons_iconcatpage option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
0
igcaticons_max_height		The igcaticons_max_height option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
-1
igcaticons_max_icons		The igcaticons_max_icons option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
3
igcaticons_max_width		The igcaticons_max_width option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
-1
igcaticons_path		The igcaticons_path option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
igcaticons_rssfeeds		The igcaticons_rssfeeds option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
1
igcaticons_templatecode_patch		The igcaticons_templatecode_patch option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
0
igcaticons_templatecode_sidebar		The igcaticons_templatecode_sidebar option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
1
igcaticons_url		The igcaticons_url option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
igcaticons_use_small		The igcaticons_use_small option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
true
igcaticons_useseo_plugin		The igcaticons_useseo_plugin option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
0
widget_caticons		The widget_caticons option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:12:"_multiwidget";i:1;}

During use Category Icons may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting Category Icons there were 17 options still present in the wp-options table:

igcaticons_before_name
igcaticons_filetypes
igcaticons_fit_height
igcaticons_fit_width
igcaticons_iconcatpage
igcaticons_max_height
igcaticons_max_icons
igcaticons_max_width
igcaticons_path
igcaticons_rssfeeds
igcaticons_templatecode_patch
igcaticons_templatecode_sidebar
igcaticons_url
igcaticons_use_small
igcaticons_useseo_plugin
recently_activated
widget_caticons

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What new PHP functions does Category Icons declare when it is active?

Installing Category Icons added 37 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
stripslaghes_gpc_arr	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare stripslaghes_gpc_arr()
_bm_caticons_row	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _bm_caticons_row()
bm_caticons_add_js_libs	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_add_js_libs()
bm_caticons_adminicons	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_adminicons()
bm_caticons_adminoptions	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_adminoptions()
bm_caticons_admintemplate	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_admintemplate()
bm_caticons_check_uploads_path	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_check_uploads_path()
bm_caticons_codetemplate_display	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_codetemplate_display()
bm_caticons_credits	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_credits()
bm_caticons_get_cat_id_by_slug	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_get_cat_id_by_slug()
bm_caticons_get_icons	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_get_icons()
bm_caticons_get_icons_paths	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_get_icons_paths()
bm_caticons_getbool	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_getbool()
bm_caticons_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_menu()
bm_caticons_plugin_action_links	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_plugin_action_links()
bm_caticons_plugin_description	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_plugin_description()
bm_caticons_process_categories	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_process_categories()
bm_caticons_recursive_readdir	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_recursive_readdir()
bm_caticons_rows	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_rows()
bm_caticons_rss	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_rss()
bm_caticons_rss_flag	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_rss_flag()
bm_caticons_template_code	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_template_code()
bm_caticons_updatemyoption	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_updatemyoption()
bm_caticons_url_extractor	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_url_extractor()
bm_caticons_walk_tree	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bm_caticons_walk_tree()
get_cat_icon	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_cat_icon()
ig_caticons_adminmenu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_adminmenu()
ig_caticons_adminpanel	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_adminpanel()
ig_caticons_defupload	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_defupload()
ig_caticons_filetypes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_filetypes()
ig_caticons_fit_rect	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_fit_rect()
ig_caticons_install	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_install()
ig_caticons_path	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_path()
ig_caticons_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ig_caticons_url()
otf_caticons	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare otf_caticons()
ow_caticons_get_priority_icon	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ow_caticons_get_priority_icon()
put_cat_icons	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_cat_icons()

Using Category Icons from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install Category Icons from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install category-icons

How to activate Category Icons from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Category Icons after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install category-icons --activate

How to reinstall Category Icons from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Category Icons which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install category-icons --force

How to update Category Icons to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update category-icons

How to delete Category Icons from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete category-icons

Where can you download earlier versions of Category Icons?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Category Icons from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Category Icons

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Category Icons. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.