Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 35% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Kipex

   10mo ago

   Once an excellent plugin, then for a year or two mostly abandoned with lacking support for newer FA styles. As of December 2025 it is now updated and active again thanks to a new contributor, supporting all the latest FA7 styles. Kudos for bringing this useful plugin back to life. This topic was modified 7 months ago by Kipex. Reason: Plugin updates resumed

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2. ★★★★★ crdunst

   3.0y ago

   It’s one of those plugins, that does a job perfectly and discreetly, without trying to dominate the dashboard or upsell.After adding it for yet another site, I thought I could at least write a review in appreciation, so thanks Matt, for your time and efforts, it’s appreciated.

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3. ★★★★★ Sakib Hasan

   3.1y ago

   Excellent Support

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4. ★★★★★ developress

   3.5y ago

   I used the plugin within my own custom plugin and was impressed with the quality of the code and the functionality of the plugin. I asked the developer for support and he got back to me within hours.Advised.

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5. ★★★★★ DavidB722

   4.1y ago

   Does what it says on the tin. I use this frequently when building bespoke solutions, and it always gets the job done.

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6. ★★★★★ stanonline

   4.4y ago

   Simply a brilliant plugin. I use this for all of my custom WordPress themes. Works great, and if not, good and fast support is on the way 🙂

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7. ★★★★★ Justin

   4.6y ago

   Slick plugin. Works Awesome.

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8. ★★★★★ anantaraj

   5.3y ago

   Hi Plugin author, Hope u are doing well in this pandemic situations. I have implemented your plugin in my many project but, I have seen there is no resetting option for the selected icon. I need to Implement this font awesome icon in the repeater field and want to keep blank for the some of my repeater content. if the reset button is there there would be much more benefit. Thank you

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.1.1 Added: Support for new FontAwesome 7.3.0 Pro+ icon families: Pixel, Mosaic, Vellum, Slab Duo, and Slab Press Duo. 6.1.1
2. — Version 6.0.4 Bugfix: Made z-index of the icon chooser popup higher to avoid conflicts with with ACF block sidebar. 6.0.4
3. — Version 6.0.3 Added: FA icon when picking a new field. Bugfix: Be able to clear default icon selection. 6.0.3
4. — Version 6.0.2 Bugfix: Fixed issue when no icon family was selected. 6.0.2
5. — Version 6.0.1 Bugfix: Fixed issue with new icon chooser not allowing option to be cleared when allow null option was enabled. 6.0.1
6. — Version 6.0.0 New FontAwesome 7.x icon picker powered by the official FontAwesome Icon Chooser web component for a richer icon selection experience. Deprecated the “Icon Set Builder” feature for FontAwesome 7.x users. The Icon Set Bui 6.0.0

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 6.1.2 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-08-06 CVE-2026-66678 Missing Authorization Affects <= 6.1.2 Patched in 6.1.3
2. Medium · 6.4 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-05-27 CVE-2026-49044 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.2 Patched in 6.0.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via JSON Field ↗
   2026-05-14 CVE-2026-6415 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.2 Patched in 6.0.0
4. Medium · 6.4 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-02-18 CVE-2025-14983 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.0.1 Patched in 5.0.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 6 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-29 100K+ → 90K+ down

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Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field: 90K+ active installs, 4.9★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome