Font Awesome vs Text Hover
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| Feature | Font Awesome v5.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Text Hover v4.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 13, 2026 | March 23, 2022 |
| Editions | Font Awesome | Text Hover |
| Pros | Official plugin from the Font Awesome team; Icon block and classic editor icon chooser; Loads icons from a Kit or a selected release | Simple term and hover text list in the settings; Options for case sensitivity and one replacement per term per post; Can use the browser tooltip or the qTip2 style |
| 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 | Last tested up to WordPress 5.9; Matching is by plain text, so terms in unusual markup may be missed; Hover text is not shown to touch-screen users |
| 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 | Term and hover text list in settings, Case sensitivity option, Only hover once per term per post, Hover text in comments, qTip2 styled tooltips or browser tooltips |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | Font Awesome Kits and release API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | — |