Font Awesome vs Secondary Title
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| Feature | Font Awesome v5.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Secondary Title v2.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | August 13, 2026 | August 5, 2026 |
| Editions | Font Awesome | Secondary Title |
| Pros | Official plugin from the Font Awesome team; Icon block and classic editor icon chooser; Loads icons from a Kit or a selected release | Works on posts, pages and custom post types; Shown automatically, by shortcode or with PHP; Free with no paid tier in the code |
| 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 | Settings screen shows a donation request; Depends on the theme and other plugins to format titles |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 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 | Shows the secondary title automatically, secondary_title shortcode, Editor meta box for the secondary title, Optional secondary title in permalinks, Secondary title in RSS feed titles, Search covers the secondary title, Secondary title column on list screens, Settings page under Settings menu |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | All in One SEO |
| Other | Font Awesome Kits and release API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |