Font Awesome vs Kadence Custom Fonts
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| Feature | Font Awesome v5.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Kadence Custom Fonts v1.1.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | — |
| Last updated | August 13, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Font Awesome | Kadence Custom Fonts |
| Pros | Official plugin from the Font Awesome team; Icon block and classic editor icon chooser; Loads icons from a Kit or a selected release | Adds a custom font library shared with Kadence, Elementor and Beaver Builder; Allows WOFF, WOFF2, TTF and EOT font uploads; Adds fallback font stacks to font declarations |
| Cons | Pro icons need a Pro account and a Kit; Depends on Font Awesome's release and Kit services; Icons load from Font Awesome's servers, so a blocked host affects them | Works only with the font lists it hooks into; Checks an external update server for new versions; Font files uploaded by editors must be trusted |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Load icons through a Font Awesome Kit, Pro icons through a Pro Kit ($), Choose a Font Awesome release version, Gutenberg Font Awesome icon block, Icon chooser button in the classic editor, Detects other plugins loading Font Awesome, Settings page under Settings | kt_font custom post type for uploaded fonts, Allows eot, ttf, woff and woff2 uploads, Adds fonts to Kadence and Virtue theme font lists, Adds fonts to Elementor and Beaver Builder font lists, Fallback font stacks applied to font family strings, Outputs @font-face CSS on the front end and in admin, Checks an external server for plugin updates |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Beaver Builder, Kadence Blocks |
| Other | Font Awesome Kits and release API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com | kernl.us |
| Blocks | 1 | — |