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title: How to Add Icons to Author Fields
description: "In the [PublishPress Authors](https://publishpress.com/links/authors) plugin, it is possible to add icons to display in your site's [Author Boxes](https://publishpress.com/links/author-box). For example, you can show an email icon next to an \"Email Address\" field, or a Facebook icon next to a \"Facebook…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/authors-fields-icons/"
updated: "2024-06-10"
category: PublishPress Authors / Author Fields
---

# How to Add Icons to Author Fields

In the [PublishPress Authors](https://publishpress.com/links/authors) plugin, it is possible to add icons to display in your site's [Author Boxes](https://publishpress.com/links/author-box). For example, you can show an email icon next to an "Email Address" field, or a Facebook icon next to a "Facebook Profile" field. [Click here to find out more about Author Fields](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/field-types-ma/).

[PublishPress Authors](https://publishpress.com/links/authors) supports two sources of icons: [Dashicons](https://developer.wordpress.org/resource/dashicons/) and [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/). Dashicons are part of the WordPress core which means it is a lightweight and reliable source for icons. Font Awesome is a very popular source of icons for web projects.

Here's how to add icons to your author fields.

- Go to "Authors", then "[Author Boxes](https://publishpress.com/links/author-box)".
- Click the "Author Fields" tab.
- Click on the title of the field you're editing. In this screenshot below, we're editing the "Email" field.

![Email field adding icon](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/icon-author-fields-1024x582.png)

- Scroll down to the "Display Icon" field.
- Click the "Change Display Icon" option.

![Change Display Icon field](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/choose-author-icon-1024x330.png)

- You will now see a modal window. You can search for either a Dashicon or a Font Awesome icon. Click on the icon you want to use.
- Click update to save your new icon.

![Choose Author Fields icon](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/font-dash-awesome-1024x909.png)

In this screenshot below, we've replaced the default email icon with a new Font Awesome icon:

![New email author icon](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/author-box-email-icon-1-1024x241.png)