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Font Awesome

v5.2.1

The official way to use Font Awesome Free or Pro icons on your WordPress site, brought to you by the Font Awesome team.

by fontawesome · Website

FontAwesomeiconiconfontSVG iconwebfont
Rank
#142 24h 0 · 7d 0
Est. installs
465,975 High confidence
Total downloads
6.6M all time
Rating
3.6 ★ 61 reviews
Official installs
400,000+ public bucket
Support threads
2 last 2 months
Support resolved
0% of threads
Tested up to
WP 7.1.3 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

2 months ago

Last release

Version
5.2.1
Requires WP
5.8
Requires PHP
7.4
On WP.org since
2012

About Font Awesome

Font Awesome is a WordPress plugin by fontawesome, first published on WordPress.org in 2012. It has 400,000+ active installations and 6,613,995 downloads in total, and ranks #142 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 3.6 out of 5 across 61 reviews. Version 5.2.1 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.8 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 2 support threads were marked resolved (0%). It is listed under FontAwesome, icon, iconfont, SVG icon and webfont. Plugins with a similar focus include Icon Element, WP Font Awesome and Custom Favicon.

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