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Font Awesome
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
400,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
15
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
3.6
out of 5, from 61 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
25.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Font Awesome and who is behind it?
Font Awesome is a WordPress plugin in the “Page building” field, made by fontawesome. It has been listed in the directory since 18 Sept 2012, so for 13 years. It is the only plugin by fontawesome with at least 10,000 installs. With 400,000 to 499,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 15 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“The official way to use Font Awesome Free or Pro icons on your WordPress site, brought to you by the Font Awesome team.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Font Awesome last released?
The last release of Font Awesome came 15 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Font Awesome have?
Font Awesome had 400,000 to 499,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 66 plugins had a higher band and 21 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 400,000 means at least 400,000 and at most 499,999.
Which WordPress version is Font Awesome tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Font Awesome compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 53.9% of them had a more recent last release than Font Awesome; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Font Awesome | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 15 | median 12 |
| Rating | 3.6 (61) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 25.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | font-awesome |
|---|---|
| Author | fontawesome |
| Active installs | 400,000 to 499,999 |
| Last release | 15 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 3.6 out of 5 from 61 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 1 of 4 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 18 Sept 2012 |
| Total downloads | 6,539,136, updates included |
| Tags | fontawesome, icon, iconfont, svg-icon, webfont |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| fontawesome | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| icon | 9 | 1 | 86 |
| iconfont | 2 | 1 | 71 |
| svg-icon | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| webfont | 2 | 1 | 384 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2012
Font Awesome has been listed since 18 Sept 2012. Of the 139 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2012, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Custom Fields | 90,000 to 99,999 | 3 days before the reference date | 4.9 (36) |
| Better Font Awesome | 60,000 to 69,999 | 562 days before the reference date | 4.5 (86) |
| Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator | 200,000 to 299,999 | 30 days before the reference date | 4.9 (801) |
| Icon Element | 40,000 to 49,999 | 126 days before the reference date | 4.4 (7) |
| The Icon Block | 40,000 to 49,999 | 221 days before the reference date | 5.0 (29) |
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Font Awesome, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/font-awesome/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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