Advanced Custom Fields vs Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome
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| Feature | Advanced Custom Fields v6.8.10 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome v6.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | September 10, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Custom Fields · Advanced Custom Fields PRO ($) | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome |
| Pros | Visual field builder with location rules; REST API and WP-CLI commands included free | Icon picker field for ACF; Supports several Font Awesome major versions |
| Cons | Some field types are locked and need ACF PRO; Google Map field needs a Google Maps API key you supply | Loads icon styles from a CDN or the Font Awesome API; Requires Advanced Custom Fields to be active |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Built-in field types, Google Map field, Location rules for field groups, REST API for field data, Block bindings to field values, WP-CLI JSON command, Field types locked behind PRO in the browse modal ($) | 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 |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | HubSpot forms | — |
| Storage | — | jsDelivr CDN |
| Plugins | — | Advanced Custom Fields |
| Other | Google Maps | Font Awesome API |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | maps.googleapis.com, api.hsforms.com | api.wordpress.org, api.fontawesome.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |