Shortcode for Font Awesome
by smgwebdesign 5 (2 reviews)

Shortcode for Font Awesome

Display Font Awesome icons with a shortcode. Requires Font Awesome to be loaded separately by your theme or another plugin.

Shortcode for Font Awesome ranks #7,855 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #1,082 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Sep 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v2.0.0 Current Version v2.0.0
Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 16 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,082 of 8,848 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -14.3% this week
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
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Rating
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Review 5 out of 5
5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

  1. Shortcode for Font Awesome [shortcode-for-font-awesome] < 1.4.1

    CVE-2023-0419 · Fixed in v1.4.1

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and editors who already have Font Awesome loaded on their site. It solves the problem of manually writing Font Awesome markup by generating a simple shortcode with configurable set, icon, size, and color attributes.

  • Generates Font Awesome shortcode
  • Configurable icon set
  • Configurable icon name
  • Configurable icon size
  • Configurable icon color
  • Default set and icon values

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Shortcode for Font Awesome

Shortcode for Font Awesome has 700+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Shortcode for Font Awesome holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 2 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Shortcode for Font Awesome is developed by smgwebdesign and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Shortcode for Font Awesome requires WordPress 6.8 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 7.1 and needs PHP 8.2 or newer.
Shortcode for Font Awesome has been downloaded 9,057+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Shortcode for Font Awesome is 2.0.0. It was last updated on September 16, 2026.
Yes. Shortcode for Font Awesome is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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