# Tag-icons plugin icon display issue

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** tag-icons
**Created:** [August 1, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042 "2026-08-01T13:46:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![iouvps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iouvps/32/527360_2.png) [@iouvps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iouvps)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042/1 "2026-08-01T13:46:28Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/a/9/0a96033e929959468163506e09336e0ecd59617d.png)

```plaintext
[
	{
		"setting": "tag_icon_list",
		"value": "教程,book-open-reader,#A8C6FE|评测,bug,#669d34|公告,bullhorn,#BF1E2E|节点,network-wired,#669d34|反馈,flag,#669d34|Telegram,paper-plane,#12A89D|Github,fab-github,#12A89D|toapi,hammer,#669d34|Discourse,fab-discourse,#12A89D|Cloudflare,fab-cloudflare,#12A89D|Linux,fab-linux,#669d34|AFF,rocket,#F7941D|NSFW,triangle-exclamation,#F7941D|抽奖,shuffle,#F7941D|活动,gift,#F7941D|推广,coins,#F7941D|封禁,user-slash,#ED207B|精华,thumbs-up,#fbff00|文档,book,#A8C6FE|转载,share,#0E76BD|原创,feather,#0E76BD|问答,circle-question,#00aeff|博文,blog,#669d34|神贴,fire,#E45735|Android,fab-android,#669d34|Windows,fab-windows,#669d34|iOS,fab-apple,#669d34|Plugins,plug,#669d34|API,circle-nodes,#669d34|游戏,fab-steam,#669d34|音乐,music,#669d34|阅读,fab-readme,#669d34|影视,film,#669d34|动漫,dragon,#669d34|美图,images,#669d34|羊毛,socks,#669d34|网盘,cloud,#669d34|域名,globe,#669d34|VPS,server,#669d34|模型,plane,#669d34|项目,bars-progress,#669d34|APP,rocket,#669d34|Amazon,fab-amazon,#12A89D|Google,fab-google,#12A89D|Microsoft,fab-microsoft,#12A89D|Twitter,fab-x-twitter,#12A89D|Apple,fab-apple,#12a89d|Docker,fab-docker,#12a89d|Wordpress,fab-wordpress,#12a89d|QQ,fab-qq,#12A89D|Theme,palette,#669d34|入门,user-graduate,#669d34|情报,lightbulb,#A8C6FE|灌水,faucet,#669d34|悬赏,coins,#F7941D|Proxy,ghost,#669d34|网络,wifi,#669d34|网站,bookmark,#669d34|安全,user-secret,#669d34|浏览器,fab-chrome,#669d34|Prompt,bolt-lightning,#A8C6FE|Oracle,oracle,#12A89D|视频,video,#669d34"
	},
	{
		"setting": "enable_colors_for_tag_labels",
		"value": true
	},
	{
		"setting": "svg_icons",
		"value": "circle-question|newspaper|oracle"
	}
]

```

> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse-tag-icons: A theme component to display icons next to tags in...](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-tag-icons)**
>
> A theme component to display icons next to tags in Discourse.

I have installed the tag icon plugin above on my Discourse instance. After the last Discourse update, many icons stopped displaying. I have tried many things without success.  
Additionally, this plugin was displaying correctly before.

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042/2 "2026-08-01T14:08:06Z")

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I think you need to use the tag slug, not the tag name now. This has change a while ago because in multi-lingual forums tags can be translated, so there is no longer only one name.  
I copied one of your examples (I don’t speak Chinese).  
When you are the the topic list filtered for that tag, you can open the tag edit page

 ![Screenshot_20260801_160128_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/1/2/91223e70e92a6575b96db620215c51befca8aee7.jpeg)

There you can see the name and the slug

 ![Screenshot_20260801_155843_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/5/3/353871065ac03f075f3e9ab658ca9f7160bd7fb2.jpeg)

So you configure the tag icon component with `74-tag,book-open-reader,#A8C6FE` and then I see  
 ![Screenshot_20260801_160700_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/5/4/55433677ca29012a590793b3110c3fe24c1a050e.jpeg)

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### Author: ![iouvps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iouvps/32/527360_2.png) [@iouvps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iouvps)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042/3 "2026-08-01T14:22:09Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/e/d/6ed3df8068d49abff62c67296094097a339aa248.png)  
I found that it displays correctly in the settings.  
That’s actually quite possible. Let me give it a try.

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### Author: ![iouvps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iouvps/32/527360_2.png) [@iouvps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iouvps)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042/4 "2026-08-01T14:25:00Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/f/c/bfc24bb111e36d30ab8484ae4bda07078c186cfb.png)  
I just tried it, and it indeed works. This result was likely caused by automatic translation. Thanks.

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042/5 "2026-08-01T14:29:24Z")

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This is a good point. I think there is a bug. It seems the dropdown shows the icon based on the name, but the list shows them based on the slug.

To get the icon everywhere this needs to be fixed.
