# Better Font Awesome

> Add Font Awesome Free icons that stay current automatically, with a native WordPress block, shortcodes, a Classic Editor picker, and legacy support.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `better-font-awesome`
- Author: Mickey Kay
- Version: 3.2.0
- Active installs: 60,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-10 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.5, PHP 7.4
- Tags: block-editor, Font Awesome, icon font, icons, shortcode
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-font-awesome/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-01-18 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcodes (up to 2.0.3). CVE-2022-4512, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/787ab3f0-c8c4-46cd-bfbe-ac1ca508898a?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-26 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Plugin Options Update (2.0.1 to 2.0.1). WF-1575e301-a26f-485e-bdf3-526b71c8306a, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1575e301-a26f-485e-bdf3-526b71c8306a?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-25 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update (up to 2.0.1). CVE-2022-37405, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d70b9b6-a1f0-4449-8d1a-ae16dbcc844d?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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