Svgly Documentation

Overview

Upload SVG logos and icons to the Media Library safely: every file is cleaned of scripts and shown with proper previews and sizes.

• SVG uploads
• Files cleaned
• Real previews

Best for: Sites with SVG logos and icons

Installation

1. Download svgly-safe-svg-upload.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• SVG uploads for administrators, editors or authors
• Every file cleaned: scripts, event handlers, external and javascript: links removed
• Only known SVG tags kept
• Comments and spaces removed for smaller files
• Real previews in the Media Library
• Width and height for blocks and themes
• Works with any theme and block

Shortcodes

Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.

• [svgly_preview]

Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• svgly_allowed
• svgly_sanitize

add_filter( 'svgly_allowed', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• svgly_admin_after_form
• svgly_admin_before_form
• svgly_admin_form_end

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions