Title: _wp_register_default_icon_collections
Published: August 20, 2026

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# _wp_register_default_icon_collections()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Registers the default icon collections.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function _wp_register_default_icon_collections() {
    	wp_register_icon_collection(
    		'core',
    		array(
    			'label'       => __( 'WordPress' ),
    			'description' => __( 'Default icon collection.' ),
    		)
    	);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/icons.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/icons.php#L84)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/icons.php#L84-L92)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_register_icon_collection()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_register_icon_collection/)`wp-includes/icons.php` |

Registers a new icon collection.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_register_default_icon_collections/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [7.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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