by Mickey Kay 4.5 (88 reviews)

Better Font Awesome

Name: Better Font Awesome
Rating: 4.5 (88 reviews)
Author: Mickey Kay

Add Font Awesome Free icons that stay current automatically, with a native WordPress block, shortcodes, a Classic Editor picker, and legacy support.

Better Font Awesome ranks #630 among WordPress.org plugins with 60,000+ active installations, is #111 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 88 reviews, and was last updated Sep 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.2.0 Current Version v3.2.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 10 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 5 days ago Last Refreshed on

#111 of 8,848 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -47.9% this week

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#630

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Active Installs

60K+

-13.2%

KW Avg Position

31.2

0.4 worse

Downloads

1.3M

+269 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (88 reviews)

Next Milestone 70K

Total Progress 81.8%

60K+ 70K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

88 reviews

Overall 90%

74 (84%)

3 (3%)

1 (1%)

4 (5%)

6 (7%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

Jan 18, 2023

Better Font Awesome [better-font-awesome] < 2.0.4

CVE-2022-4512 · Fixed in v2.0.4
Aug 26, 2022

Better Font Awesome [better-font-awesome] < 2.0.2

Fixed in v2.0.2
Aug 25, 2022

Better Font Awesome [better-font-awesome] < 2.0.2

CVE-2022-37405 · Fixed in v2.0.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.2.0
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Mickey Kay

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 88
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

block-editor Font Awesome icon font icons shortcode

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Better Font Awesome is for WordPress site owners and theme/plugin developers who want to use Font Awesome icons without manually managing library updates. It solves the problem of keeping Font Awesome versions current and compatible by auto-fetching the latest version, serving it via CDN, and providing shortcodes, HTML, and a TinyMCE generator for inserting icons.

Automatic Font Awesome version updates
Backwards compatible shortcodes
Compatible with other icon plugins
CDN delivery via jsDelivr
TinyMCE shortcode generator
Shortcode-based icon insertion
HTML icon usage support
Developer library for custom integration

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Better Font Awesome

No. Better Font Awesome supports Font Awesome Free.

Check Serve Font Awesome locally to keep BFA's bundled CSS and fonts on your site, subject to your site's URL-rewriting infrastructure. In automatic mode, the packaged fallback also loads from your site. If the plugin validates and adopts a newer compatible release, visitors' browsers may load that release's selected CSS and font files from cdnjs.

Established shortcode names and classes are supported through compatible aliases and styles. For Font Awesome 4 content, enable the optional CSS shim when needed. Unusual custom markup or CSS may still need site-specific adjustments.

Enable Remove existing Font Awesome under Settings > Better Font Awesome to attempt to remove competing styles and shortcodes. Test the result with your theme and plugins because integrations vary.