Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome vs Edit Flow
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| Feature | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome v6.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Edit Flow v0.11.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 4,000+ |
| Last updated | August 25, 2026 | August 18, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome | Edit Flow |
| Pros | Icon picker field for ACF; Supports several Font Awesome major versions | Editorial calendar for scheduled and drafted posts; Custom post statuses for review steps; Email and Slack notifications on status changes |
| Cons | Loads icon styles from a CDN or the Font Awesome API; Requires Advanced Custom Fields to be active | Slack notifications need a webhook URL set in the admin; Requires WordPress 6.4 or later |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Font Awesome icon field type, Font Awesome 4, 5, 6 and 7 loaders, Font Awesome kit and icon list lookup, Settings page for Font Awesome | Editorial calendar with scheduled publishing, Custom post statuses, Editorial comments on posts, Editorial metadata fields and list table, Email notifications on status change, Slack notifications, Story budget view, User groups for assignments, Editorial dashboard widget |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | jsDelivr CDN | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields | — |
| Other | Font Awesome API | Slack |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.wordpress.org, api.fontawesome.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net | — |