Font Awesome vs Styleguide
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| Feature | Font Awesome v5.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Styleguide v1.8.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 2,000+ |
| Last updated | August 13, 2026 | January 30, 2024 |
| Editions | Font Awesome | Styleguide - Custom Fonts and Colors |
| Pros | Official plugin from the Font Awesome team; Icon block and classic editor icon chooser; Loads icons from a Kit or a selected release | Live preview in the Customizer before saving; Curated Google Fonts with character-set filters; No code needed for font and colour changes |
| 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 | Colour changes only work for supported themes; Font loading depends on Google Fonts; Last tested on WordPress 6.5 |
| 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 | Font and colour controls in the Customizer, Curated list of Google Fonts, Filter fonts by character set, Replace theme font declarations at page output, Replace theme colours at page output, Per-theme style maps for supported themes, Settings registered with the WordPress settings API |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | Font Awesome Kits and release API | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.5.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com | fonts.googleapis.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |