Font Awesome

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

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

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1. ★★★★★ ilyazzzz

   6mo ago

   It’s a normal plugin, I don’t understand why its rating is so low.

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2. ★★★★★ danielepais

   9mo ago

   It worked flawlessly to add social icons onto wp navbar / top menu.

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3. ★★★★★ deancs

   1.1y ago

   My Pro license expired on the 5-July. On 25th July my sites went down due to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught FortAwesome\ApiTokenInvalidException: Whoops, it looks like that API Token is not valid. Try another one? Put big banners in the admin or dont allow the fonts to be rendered, but white screen of death – really!

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4. ★★★★★ alexadsoxford

   1.2y ago

   Just works, quick and simple. Like it

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5. ★★★★★ Pauron

   1.3y ago

   Such a good plugin. I love the animations. BUT: Cannot make my icons a link in Gutenberg. I need to switch to code to add <a> manually. Hope (and please) you add this feature. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Pauron.

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6. ★★★★★ joseeneveu

   1.5y ago

   This free product works well for adding Font Awesome to a site without custom code. A Pro version would need improvements for better editor integration, but as a free tool, it’s useful and effective.

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7. ★★★★★ Avo Avetisyan

   1.5y ago

   Just wanted to say the latest update is fantastic! The improved FSE compatibility makes integration seamless, and performance has noticeably improved. Icons load smoothly without impacting speed—great work! Thanks for keeping Font Awesome top-notch. Looking forward to what’s next!

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8. ★★★★★ coloradocory

   1.8y ago

   Their service wasn’t working correctly and registering page views against my quota on a site that wasn’t using fontawesome. When I asked for support, they weren’t helpful, then stopped responding, communicated like children, then DELETED my entire account causing me hours of update time for several client sites. I will NEVER use again.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.1.4 Update the icon chooser package. This is only for compatibility with other tools that may be loaded on a page that also use the icon chooser package. It does not change how the icon chooser functions in this plugin. 5.1.4
2. — Version 5.1.3 Resolve a compatibility conflict with Toolset Types in the classic editor. 5.1.3
3. — Version 5.1.2 Fix a bug where clicking “Style” on a rich text icon (inside a paragraph block, for example), would result in an error in the block editor. This bug was introduced in 5.1.1 and does not affect icons created as blocks–onl 5.1.2
4. — Version 5.1.1 Enable changing the icon within the block editor styling UI. Fix a bug in block editor icon styling UI where the theme color palette options were incorrect when any custom colors were defined in the theme. Fix animations 5.1.1
5. — Version 5.1.0 Minor updates to support Font Awesome 7. Allow kits to use a version “7.x”. Update icon chooser to support Font Awesome 7. Use the new svg.css for SVG support styling. (Reverted in 5.1.1) 5.1.0
6. — Version 5.0.2 Fix a bug in the Classic Editor involving interaction with some other plugins, where the Font Awesome media button would not be visible. Make it an admin warning instead of an error when the plugin can’t fetch SVG suppor 5.0.2

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

1. Medium · 6.4 Font Awesome <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode ↗
   2022-12-22 CVE-2022-4478 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.3.1 Patched in 4.3.2
2. Medium · 6.5 Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token Exposure ↗
   2020-03-11 Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries Affects 4.0.0-rc15 Patched in 4.0.0-rc17

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 26 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Plus 2 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-02-28 300K+ → 400K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Shortcodes for Font Awesome 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Icon Element – Icon Pack for Elementor Page Builder (6718 icons) 40K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Font Awesome 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
• Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon in WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Icon Widget 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Hugeicons 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B

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Font Awesome: 400K+ active installs, 3.6★ (61 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/font-awesome