---
id: plugin-repos/a-plugin-s-assets-icon-png-is-only-published
title: "A plugin's `assets/icon.png` is only published while installed, so its real icon is invisible in the store before install"
theme: plugin-repos
status: open
created: 2026-08-20
date_source: assumed
order: 19
---

A plugin's `assets/icon.png` is only published while installed, so its real icon is invisible in the
store before install. The catalogue's `iconUrl` works around it, and an author has to know to add one.