Better Font Awesome vs Awesome Fontawesome Collection

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Better Font Awesome

by Mickey Kay

Health C64

Awesome Fontawesome Collection

by Phoeniixx

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Better Font Awesome Awesome Fontawesome Collection

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Better Font Awesome	Awesome Fontawesome Collection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60K–70K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 64 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.45★ ✓	3.56★
Reviews	86 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.5y ago ✓	6.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.2K ✓	55
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Better Font Awesome Awesome Fontawesome Collection

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.