Snippet: Modify the Post Meta Icons

Updated: July 8, 2024

The following snippet shows how you can modify the icons used for the post meta blocks. This snippet displays the default icons used so you can simply switch out the names for the theme icons you want to use instead. Browse theme icons.

add_filter( 'totaltheme/meta/block_icon', function( $icon, $block_name ) {
	switch ( $block_name ) {
		case 'date':
		case 'date-event':
		case 'date-modified':
			$icon = 'calendar-o';
			break;
		case 'estimated-read-time':
			$icon = 'clock-o';
			break;
		case 'author':
			$icon = 'user-o';
			break;
		case 'categories':
		case 'first-category':
			$icon = 'folder-o';
			break;
		case 'comments':
			$icon = 'comment-o';
			break;
	}
	return $icon;
}, 10, 2 );

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