Font Awesome vs Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon…
5.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… has a higher user rating (5/5 from 17 reviews) while Font Awesome leads in active installations (400K+ vs 5.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Font Awesome has accumulated 5.8M+ total downloads while Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… has 92K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Font Awesome | Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 3.6/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 61 | ◄ | 17 |
| Active Installs | 400K+ | ◄ | 5.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 5.8M+ | ◄ | 92K+ |
| Support Resolution | 33% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 days ago | ◄ | 8 months ago |
| First Released | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Age | 14 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.8+ | 6.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 5.1.4 | 1.1.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Font Awesome
Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Font Awesome averaged approximately 5,037 daily downloads while Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… averaged 16.
Recent Reviews
Font Awesome Reviews
It works
It’s a normal plugin, I don’t understand why its rating is so low.
It does exactly what it says in the tin
It worked flawlessly to add social icons onto wp navbar / top menu.
Dangerous, written by clowns
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 anot
Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon… Reviews
It solved my issue–
I really like that plugin. It is not only imazing to give you required result, but they fivicon look great also. Love this plugin. Thank you for such a great job.
good
i like this! this plugin work on pages and dashboard
works fine, thanks
works fine for my page, thanks!
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