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FA WP Admin Menu Icons

Use Font Awesome icons for custom post types and custom menu pages.

By Patrik Csak·Icon·Free
4.2(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, FA WP Admin Menu Icons is a WordPress icon plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 8.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: Font Awesome.

4.2/55 reviews
100active installs
9.6K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

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FA WP Admin Menu Icons allows you to use Font Awesome icons for WordPress custom post types and custom menu pages by passing the Font Awesome class string, just like using Font Awesome on the front end

Here’s an example:

register_post_type( 'custom_post_type', [
    //...
    'menu_icon' => 'fa-solid fa-thumbs-up',
    //...
] );

Usage

`register_post_type()`

To use a Font Awesome icon for your custom post type with register_post_type(), use a Font Awesome class string for the $args['menu_icon] parameter:

register_post_type( 'custom_post_type', [
    //...
    'menu_icon' => 'fa-solid fa-thumbs-up',
    //...
] );

`add_menu_page()`

To use a Font Awesome icon for your custom menu page with add_menu_page(), use a Font Awesome class string…

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Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

4.25 reviews
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0
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0
1 ★
1

Compatibility

WordPress4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.1+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

9.0.0

Changed

  • Upgrade Font Awesome from v6.6.0 to v7.0.0
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Patrik CsakPatrik Csak
Plugin Info
Version
9.1.0
Last Updated
Feb 16, 2026
WP Requires
4.4+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.1+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
9.6K+
Added
Mar 25, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

iconiconscustomfontawesome

Developer

P
Patrik Csak
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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