Better Font Awesome
The Better Font Awesome plugin for WordPress. Shortcodes, HTML, TinyMCE, various Font Awesome versions, backwards compatibility, CDN speeds, and more.
4.6(84 reviews)
·70K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Better Font Awesome is a WordPress font plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 84 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 8% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Local Google Fonts.
4.6/584 reviews
70K+active installs
0%resolved
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
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Better Font Awesome allows you to automatically integrate the latest available version of Font Awesome into your WordPress project, along with accompanying CSS, shortcodes, and TinyMCE icon shortcode generator.
Features
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Always up-to-date – automatically fetches the most recent available version of Font Awesome, meaning you no longer need to manually update the version included in your theme/plugin.
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Backwards compatible – shortcode output is automatically updated depending on which version of Font Awesome you choose, meaning that you can switch versions without having to modify your shortcodes.
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Compatible with other plugins – designed to work with shortcodes generated with plugins like Font A…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Worked Perfectly (Better than the Font Awesome plugin)
by Avrom·3 months ago
Great job! This plugin worked perfectly and supported the older Font Awesome 5+ versions I prefer. However, I see the plugin hasn’t been updated in 11 months. I truly hope the author will continue to support the plugin. Be sad if it becomes abandoned.
As an FYI, the official Font Awesome plugin was difficult… and this plugin actually worked right out of the box.
Search typing no working
by luisserrano·3 years ago
Cant type in search form from Better Font Awesome
By Mickey Kay. Click in search bar to start typing is not working.
Cant attach Youtube link so you can find the video searching there for:
“WordPress plugin Better Font Awesome By Mickey Kay”
Filter not working in WP v5.9
by puciriusanikola·4 years ago
The filter in TinyMCE editor for Better Font Awesome isn’t working (unresponsive). Will this issue be resolved in any time soon?
Does not work – here is what does
by Kristian Yngve·4 years ago
Something simple like [icon name=”facebook-f”]
And nope – sh*t plugin.
Do NOT recommend it.
Here is what worked for me despite older and less updated plugin – works better than this plugin:
WP SVG Icons
- This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Kristian Yngve.
Badder Font Awfull
by Reiner1957·5 years ago·2 replies
Nach dem Update fehlerhaft – seit über einer Woche nicht nachgebessert. Keine Reaktion. Miserabler Support!
Buggy after update – not fixed for more than one week now. No reaction. Very bad support!
Download Trends
Today: 41Yesterday: 46This week: 275Period total: 24K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
86.0%
v1.7
12.5%
Other
1.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.4
- Bump BFAL to properly esc attributes
- Add unit tests
Contributors
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