Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome vs WP User Frontend
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| Feature | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome v6.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WP User Frontend v4.3.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | August 25, 2026 | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome | WP User Frontend · WP User Frontend Pro ($) |
| Pros | Icon picker field for ACF; Supports several Font Awesome major versions | Front-end post, registration and profile forms; Form builder and file or image upload in the free version; Spam protection with reCAPTCHA or Turnstile |
| Cons | Loads icon styles from a CDN or the Font Awesome API; Requires Advanced Custom Fields to be active | Conditional logic and multi-step forms are Pro only; AI form generator needs your own provider API key; Pro upgrade prompts appear in the free admin |
| 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 | Front-end post and page submission form shortcode, Front-end registration form, Front-end profile editing, Front-end user dashboard, User directory listing, AI form generator using your own provider key |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | jsDelivr CDN | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields |
| Other | Font Awesome API | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.wordpress.org, api.fontawesome.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net | www.google.com, icanhazip.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com, wedevs.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.openai.com, api.anthropic.com, raw.githubusercontent.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 13 |
| Custom tables | — | 2 |