Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome vs Simple Page Ordering
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| Feature | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome v6.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Simple Page Ordering v2.8.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | August 25, 2026 | September 24, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome | Simple Page Ordering |
| Pros | Icon picker field for ACF; Supports several Font Awesome major versions | Drag and drop ordering in the existing admin list; No extra menus or screens added to the admin; Only users who can edit others' content can reorder |
| Cons | Loads icon styles from a CDN or the Font Awesome API; Requires Advanced Custom Fields to be active | Only pages and sortable post types can be reordered; Front-end order applies to the main query only; Reset order action changes the stored order for a type |
| 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 | Drag and drop ordering on the admin list, Only users who can edit others' content may reorder, Move under parent or sibling row actions, Front-end query follows the saved order, Reset order for a post type, REST endpoint to set item order |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | jsDelivr CDN | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields | — |
| Other | Font Awesome API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 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 | — |