Adding Font Awesome Kit to your WordPress website
Font Awesome has changed the way it allows people to integrate Font Awesome icons into their websites. It is actually pretty simple, here are three approaches.
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Self hosting option added to FA Icons for Divi
Summer is in full blast, but it looks like the Font Awesome team does not go on vacation. They just delivered 4 new category packs and that also means there is an update for the FA Icons for Divi plugin.
What’s new in FA Icons for Divi 2.8?
Quite a lot, actually.
Obviously it supports the new icon packs. (Check here.)
Beside using the Font Awesome CDN now you also have the option of Self hosting the icons of FA 5 Free. What is self hosting? It means that the icons will be served from the same server as your site, and not from a server that is part of a Content Delivery Network.
In case you use your WordPress dashboard in a different language than English you can now translate the whole plugin, including the labels on the switches through a css file. (If you want your translation to be included in the next version, send it over, and I’ll be happy to add it. You will find my contact on the Help tab.)
I fixed a bug which caused an error when trying to network activate the plugin on a multi-site installation. (Thanks to Stian for reporting this.)
I updated the URLs on the Help tab because they were pointing to already non-existing pages.
The the FA assets were updated in the plugin to make sure you get the latest icons under all circumstances.
I ran some test to make sure that the plugin works with the latest versions of Divi, Extra, and Divi Builder.
New packs in Font Awesome 5.2
Disclaimer
To get all the details of what the plugin does and doesn’t do, please check out the plugin page before making a purchase. This will also help avoid any disappointments and frustrations.
Also the plugin still does not provide a UI for inserting icons into your content, blurbs, etc. To see how you can insert specific icons, please refer to the Examples page of Font Awesome.
![[Update] FA Icons for Divi](https://divi-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/edd/fa-icons-for-divi-2.6-thumb-1024-1024x675.jpg){kind=icon}
[Update] FA Icons for Divi
Without much fireworks, the plugin now supports Font Awesome version 5.1!
What is new in Font Awesome version 5.1?
- Travel category pack
- Design category pack
- Emoji category pack
- Commissions and top requests
- and a bunch of improvements
As for the plugin itself
- Increased supported Font Awesome 5 version number to v5.1.0
- Updated Font Awesome assets
- Updated compatible version numbers
To get all the details of what the plugin does and doesn’t do, please check out the plugin page before making a purchase. This will also help avoid any disappointments and frustrations.
Also the plugin still does not provide a UI for inserting icons into your content, blurbs, etc. To see how you can insert specific icons, please refer to the Examples page of Font Awesome.
And the offer is still on for a couple of days
If you use the below coupon code at checkout then you can get my other plugin, the Divi Builder UI Pro plugin for only half the price! Let’s say, until end of June. 🙂
50offbup
Enjoy summer! Or winter, if you happen to be living on the Southern hemisphere. 😉
FA Icons for Divi now supports Pro CDN with 169% more icons!
I couldn’t be more excited to share that FA Icons for Divi Builder 2.6 has just been released and supports the Font Awesome 5 Pro CDN as well! To check what’s new (and for an offer) keep reading!
Font Awesome in Blurbs: Moving from FA 4.7 to FA 5
Font Awesome for Divi Builder 2.4 become pretty popular and lot of the users also use Font Awesome icons in Blurb modules.
Not long ago Font Awesome 5 came out, and there are people who want to switch over. So here is a guide on how you can switch over to FA5 icons easily if you are using FA icons in Blurbs and if you are using the FA Icons for Divi Builder plugin.
FA Icons for Divi Builder 2.5 now supporting Font Awesome 5
Font Awesome has launched version 5. That absolutely called for an update of the FA Icons for Divi Builder plugin!
Due to licensing reasons the plugin had to be renamed but it’s still the same, just better. :o)
The plugin now supports Font Awesome 5 Free, both SVG and Webfonts versions, as well as the good old version 4.7.
The settings page also received a nice facelift and the plugin became multilingual. If you want your translation to be included in the package, just translate is with the help of the included .pot file and send it over to me. I will be happy to include it in the package.
Here’s a rundown of what all is new.
* [Tweak] Renamed the plugin due to licensing reasons (https://fontawesome.com/license)
* [Feature] Added the option to use Font Awesome 5 free (v5.0.8)
* [Feature] Added possibility to translate the plugin and included .pot file
* [i18n] Added Hungarian translation
* [Tweak] Added tabbed options to better separate basic and advanced settings
* [Tweak] Improved the design of the setting page
* [Compatibility] Updated compatible version numbers
* Removed deprecated code
* Bumped version number
* February 13, 2018
Read the plugin details here or go grab it from the store.
Font Awesome for Divi Builder 2.4 is out
Font Awesome for Divi Builder has received a small update.
- [Feature] Icons are now visible in the TinyMCE editor
- [Tweak] Adjusted CSS to respect line height for large size icons
- [Bugfix] Dashboard Widget improvement when using more TDM plugins
Read the plugin details here or go grab it for free from the store.
Font Awesome for Divi Builder 2.3 released
The Font Awesome for Divi Builder plugin received an important update!!!
Font Awesome has changed their apporach in how the icon library can be included with a site – for good. Until now when a new version of the icon library was released you needed to paste a new code into the head of your site. Now this is over. There is one code (you can generate it here) which you never have to change again and you will always receive the latest and greatest of font icon.
Note: you will need to generate your own Font Awesome embed code here! It is not provided by The Divi Maganize.
This change has also been reflected in the Font Awesome for Divi Builder plugin. Activate it, enter the code received from Font Awesome and you are ready to go – for a loooooooong time. 🙂
Also a new feature of the plugin is a dashboard widget where you will receive news about any updates and news from The Divi Magazine.
Head over to the store to grab the new version, or just click this button below:
Font Awesome for Divi plugin now supports Extra and the Divi Builder!
The Font Awesome for Divi plugin has been updated! And what an update!!! Font Awesome for Divi Builder 2.2 supports not only the Divi theme, but also the Divi Builder plugin (with any theme) and the Extra theme as well!
(Yes, the plugin has been renamed to TDM: Font Awesome for Divi Builder, as the Divi Builder plugin is the core element of all three items.)
What else do you get with this version?
[Bugfix] No error messages are shown on frontend or backend after first plugin activation (when no data is saved yet)
[Bugfix] Styles are not loaded anymore when Font Awesome is disabled
[Feature] Styles can be loaded when other plugin is used to load Font Awesome
[Feature] You can keep the options when deleting the plugin
Where can I get the Font Awesome for Divi Builder 2.2 plugin?
Go and grab the plugin from the store for free, while stocks last! 🙂
(If you feel generous, you can invite me for a coffee here.)
How do I install the plugin?
Just like any other WordPress plugin.
Method 1: In your WP admin go to Plugins > Add New > Upload > Select the zip file and click the button.
Method 2: Unzip the zip file and copy the contents (including the parent directory) via ftp to your server under ‘wp-content/plugins’.
How do I upgrde from an older version?
Method 1: In your WP admin go to Plugins, delete the old plugin, then add the new plugin. Warning: your settings will not be saved! That feature comes in the new version.
Method 2. Upload the files to your server via ftp and simply override the old files. Your settings will be kept!
Where will I find the settings?
In your WP admin area, either under the menu ‘Divi’ or ‘Extra’, depending on the theme you use. For the Divi Builder plugin it is also under the menu ‘Divi’.
Do you have other information on Font Awesome and Divi?
Yes, here is the list of posts that have to do with Font Awesome and Divi:
- Using Font Awesome with Divi (April 21, 2015)
- Font Awesome for Divi 2.0 plugin is out (October 14, 2015)
- How to replace the blurb icon with Font Awesome (October 26, 2015)
- More Font Awesome icons in a blurb (November 2, 2015)
- Font Awesome for Divi 2.1 update (February 12, 2016)
Enjoy!
More Font Awesome icons in a blurb
Please note, this article and instructions are for Font Awesome version 4.x.
For the instructions for Font Awesome 5 click here.
Note 1: This post is not about using more than 1 icon in one blurb! Why would you anyway, right? 🙂
Note 2, to set the expectations: This solution needs some very minor technical experience (basically search and copy-paste). The solution IS simple, however it does not provide a super-simple click-and-drag-and-it-works solution. (I’m thinking about one, but it’s a tad bit difficult.)
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