Font Awesome vs Use Any Font
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| Feature | Font Awesome v5.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details | Use Any Font v6.4.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 200,000+ |
| Last updated | August 13, 2026 | September 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Font Awesome | Use Any Font · Use Any Font Premium ($) |
| Pros | Official plugin from the Font Awesome team; Icon block and classic editor icon chooser; Loads icons from a Kit or a selected release | Upload your own fonts and assign them without CSS; Fonts are served from your own site after conversion; Works with Polylang and WPML language setups |
| Cons | Pro icons need a Pro account and a Kit; Depends on Font Awesome's release and Kit services; Icons load from Font Awesome's servers, so a blocked host affects them | Uploads are converted by a vendor server, so that service must be reachable; The predefined font library loads its list from a third-party site |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Load icons through a Font Awesome Kit, Pro icons through a Pro Kit ($), 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 | Upload ttf, otf or woff fonts and convert them to woff2 and woff, Assign fonts to page elements and selectors, Generated font CSS written to the uploads folder, Predefined font library from a third-party list, Font lists for Elementor, Astra customizer and Oxygen builder, Premium API key activation for extra service ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Polylang, WPML |
| Other | Font Awesome Kits and release API | Use Any Font conversion server |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com | server2.dnesscarkey.org, server3.dnesscarkey.org, ultimatefont.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |