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    Better Font Awesome

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    Add Font Awesome Free icons to WordPress using a native Icon block, shortcodes, the Classic Editor picker, or HTML. Search the latest compatible Free catalog, customize icons in the Block Editor, and keep established Font Awesome 4 and 5 content working.

    A built-in fallback means icons work immediately. Better Font Awesome automatically keeps Font Awesome Free icons current with newer compatible releases in the background, while pages and editors keep loading normally.

    Key features

    • Native Icon block – search the latest compatible Font Awesome Free icons and styles, then adjust size, color, spacing, alignment, and an optional accessible label.
    • Flexible workflows – use the block, shortcodes, the Classic Editor picker, or HTML and CSS.
    • Automatic icon updates – start with the built-in fallback and receive newer compatible icons automatically in the background.
    • Legacy compatibility – keep established Font Awesome 4 and 5 content working, with optional controls for older or competing styles.

    Getting started

    Native Icon block

    In the Block Editor, insert the Font Awesome Icon block. Choose an icon once in the Icon picker, then select an available Free style in the Style control. Use WordPress controls for font size, text color, margin, padding, and left, center, or right alignment. Add an accessible label when the icon communicates meaning, or leave it empty for a decorative icon.

    Set Default block icon style to Solid or Regular under Settings > Better Font Awesome. New blocks added through the standard inserter follow Site default. Existing icons retain their styling unless you explicitly choose Site default; individual blocks can override it with an available style.

    If the default style is unavailable for an icon, the block uses Solid, then Regular, then Brands, choosing the first available style. Brand-only icons stay Brands. The Style control shows the effective style. Missing icons and unavailable explicitly saved styles keep their saved selections until you change them.

    Changing the default updates inherited icons without rewriting posts. Refresh page caches and reopen an already open editor to see the change. If you downgrade to an older BFA version, inherited styles render as Solid. Choose explicit supported styles before downgrading if their appearance must stay the same.

    The Icon block is a standalone block that works in layouts such as Groups, Rows, and Columns. To place an icon directly within a line of text, use the shortcode.

    Shortcodes

    Use the [icon] shortcode wherever WordPress processes shortcodes:

    [icon name="flag" class="2x spin border" unprefixed_class="my-custom-class"]

    The fa- and icon- prefixes are optional in shortcode attributes, and established prefixed forms continue to work.

    Classic Editor picker

    In the Classic Editor visual toolbar, choose Insert Icon, search the Free catalog, and select an icon. The picker inserts the matching shortcode into your content.

    HTML and CSS

    You can also use Font Awesome classes in HTML or CSS. Unlike shortcodes, HTML class prefixes are required and depend on the selected style. For current syntax, see the Font Awesome guide to adding icons.

    Automatic icon updates and built-in fallback

    Font Awesome Free CSS, fonts, and icon data ship with the plugin, so icons render immediately after activation. With Serve Font Awesome locally unchecked (the default), a scheduled task checks for the latest compatible release in the background and uses it only after validation. If a check is delayed or fails, the last validated release or built-in fallback stays active.

    Optional local delivery

    Under Settings > Better Font Awesome, check Serve Font Awesome locally to serve the bundled Font Awesome 7 Free catalog, CSS, compatibility styles, and fonts from your site. This mode disables BFA background metadata and asset-validation requests. New icons arrive through plugin updates. It never falls back to third-party assets if bundled files are unavailable.

    The bundled catalog may be older than a previously adopted automatic release. Icons introduced after the bundled version will not render until a plugin update includes them or you switch back to automatic delivery. Existing content and stored metadata are preserved; switching back reuses valid metadata and schedules a background check when needed. Settings saving does not wait for remote metadata. A refresh already running when the setting changes cannot be retroactively canceled.

    The settings page reports the effective delivery mode. If a theme, plugin, or initialization filter has already selected the shared library configuration, BFA preserves that selection and explains any mismatch. Explicit Font Awesome 5 ownership cannot be combined with local delivery. Local delivery does not control other plugins, themes, or site infrastructure that rewrites asset URLs to a CDN.

    Compatibility and conflicts

    Established Font Awesome 4 and 5 shortcode names and classes are supported through compatible aliases and styles, plus an optional Font Awesome 4 CSS shim. Font Awesome Pro and a separate Font Awesome 6 channel are not provided.

    If a theme or another plugin also loads Font Awesome, go to Settings > Better Font Awesome and enable Remove existing Font Awesome. This can reduce duplicate or conflicting styles, but no automatic conflict tool can cover every theme or plugin integration.

    External services

    Better Font Awesome works immediately from its built-in Font Awesome Free fallback. In automatic mode, it uses the following external services for background updates or for assets from a newer validated release. Effective local mode makes no BFA/BFAL requests to these services. Other site components and site CDN infrastructure remain outside this setting. No Font Awesome account or API token is required for the Free channel.

    • Font Awesome GraphQL API (https://api.fontawesome.com) – an asynchronous server-side WP-Cron worker requests the latest public compatible Font Awesome Free release version, icon names, aliases, families, and styles. Review the Font Awesome terms of service and privacy policy.
    • npm registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/%40fortawesome%2Ffontawesome-free/{version}) – when Font Awesome reports a newer candidate, the same background worker confirms that exact official Free package version, name, and license. Review the npm terms and privacy notice.
    • cdnjs asset service (https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/{version}/) – the background worker downloads an allowlisted set of exact-version CSS and WOFF2 files for validation. BFAL does not call a separate cdnjs catalog API. After a newer release passes every check, visitors’ browsers may request its selected CSS and referenced font files from this host. Review the cdnjs service information, Cloudflare website terms, and Cloudflare privacy policy.
    • jsDelivr asset service (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free@{version}/) – the background worker independently downloads the same allowlisted files and requires their bytes to match cdnjs. BFA does not select jsDelivr as the browser runtime host. Review the jsDelivr terms and policies.
    • Legacy Font Awesome 5 CDN (https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/) – if another plugin or theme deliberately initializes BFAL first and selects the legacy 5.x channel, visitors’ browsers may request that selected version’s CSS and fonts from this host.

    Normal frontend, administrator, REST, editor, settings, shortcode, picker, and getter requests do not perform BFA or BFAL metadata discovery or candidate asset-validation HTTP. Separately, WordPress core may fetch a registered external editor stylesheet while constructing Block Editor assets; that core behavior is not a BFA or BFAL metadata-validation request.

    Server-side provider requests expose ordinary connection data such as the server IP address, requested URL and version, timing, and HTTP headers. WordPress’s default HTTP user agent may include the WordPress version and site URL. Browser asset requests can expose ordinary connection data such as the visitor’s IP address, user agent, referring page, and requested asset. BFA does not add post content, user content, Font Awesome credentials, or an API token to these requests. In automatic mode, if discovery, publication, transport, or validation fails, BFA continues using the packaged fallback or validated last-known-good release.

    Support

    Need help? Start a topic in the WordPress.org support forum. Developers can also report reproducible issues on GitHub.

    If Better Font Awesome helps your site, please consider leaving a brief WordPress.org review.

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