Font Awesome v5.2.1
The official way to use Font Awesome Free or Pro icons on your WordPress site, brought to you by the Font Awesome team.
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- Audit coverage Up to date 28 versions audited
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 2, 2026
- Last audited Sep 2, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.4+
- Requires WordPress 5.8+
- Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 36% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 110 Passed
- 10 Warnings
- 5 Failed
30 of 37 checks passed.
56 of 61 checks passed.
10 of 12 checks passed.
5 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
6 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
352.9 KB
1.5 MB unzipped
Total files
53
across all file types
Lines of PHP
8,894
in 32 files Medium
File types
- PHP
- JS
- CSS
- JSON
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 2 High
- 9 Medium
- 24 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 28 audited versions of Font Awesome, Code Quality improved the most (+2). The largest regression was in Security (-16). The codebase grew 13797% in size.
Audited 1.1 → 5.2.1 · 28 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
14,984
downloads
Today
2,060
downloads
Week over week
+3%
vs previous week
Month over month
−65%
vs previous month
Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
64% of installs run an older version
≈ 254.4K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v4.4
- v4.5
- v5.0
- v5.1
- v5.2
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Jul 29, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 33 days
average between releases
Total releases
50
since Sep 2012 · 14 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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