NM Font Awesome
by Mykhailo Nykoliuk · Uncategorized
Wordpress plugin that adds the latest version 5 of Font Awesome into your WordPress project.
45 health vs 56 average across 15,986 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2737 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
55
now · peak 155
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Shortcodes for Font Awesome 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B -
Better Font Awesome 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Font Awesome 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
Block for Font Awesome 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
FA WP Admin Menu Icons 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Awesome Fontawesome Collection 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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