Patrik Csak

<p><a href="https://github.com/patrik-csak/fa-wp-admin-menu-icons" rel="nofollow ugc">View on GitHub</a> for better documentation</p>
<p><strong>FA WP Admin Menu Icons</strong> allows you to use Font Awesome icons for WordPress custom post types and custom menu pages by passing the Font Awesome class string, just like using Font Awesome on the front end</p>
<p>Here’s an example:</p>
<pre><code>register_post_type( 'custom_post_type', [
    //...
    'menu_icon' => 'fa-solid fa-thumbs-up',
    //...
] );
</code></pre>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>`register_post_type()`</h4>
<p>To use a Font Awesome icon for your custom post type with <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_post_type/" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>register_post_type()</code></a>, use a Font Awesome class string for the <code>$args['menu_icon]</code> parameter:</p>
<pre><code>register_post_type( 'custom_post_type', [
    //...
    'menu_icon' => 'fa-solid fa-thumbs-up',
    //...
] );
</code></pre>
<h4>`add_menu_page()`</h4>
<p>To use a Font Awesome icon for your custom menu page with <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_menu_page/" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>add_menu_page()</code></a>, use a Font Awesome class string for the <code>$icon_url</code> parameter:</p>
<pre><code>add_menu_page(
    page_title: 'Custom Menu Page',
    menu_title: 'Custom Menu Page',
    capability: 'manage_options',
    menu_slug: 'custom_menu_page',
    icon_url: 'fa-solid fa-thumbs-up',
);
</code></pre>
<h4>Custom Post Type UI plugin</h4>
<p>To use a Font Awesome icon with the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/" rel="ugc">Custom Post Type UI plugin</a>, use a Font Awesome class string for the <strong>Menu Icon</strong> field when adding or editing a Post Type</p>
<h3>Caveats</h3>
<p>FA WP Admin Menu Icons only supports Font Awesome’s <a href="https://fontawesome.com/search?ic=free&o=r" rel="nofollow ugc">free icons</a></p>


FA WP Admin Menu Icons

Use Font Awesome icons for custom post types and custom menu pages.

Mykhailo Nykoliuk

<p>NM Font Awersome makes it easy to add vector icons and social logos from <a href="https://fontawesome.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome</a> to your website. And version 5 is redesigned and built from the ground up!</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Font Awesome version 5 icons can be any of 4 different styles, each with its own prefix.<br />
In the free version of the plugin, you can use only 2 styles:<br />
* <strong>Solid</strong>, with style prefix <code>fas</code><br />
* <strong>Brands</strong>, with style prefix <code>fab</code></p>
<p>Read the documentation <a href="https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/svg-with-js#additional-styling" rel="nofollow ugc">Additional Styling Classes</a> to use the plug-in’s features 100%.</p>
<p><strong>NM Font Awersome gives you 2 ways of usage:</strong></p>
<h4>1) SHORTCODE</h4>
<pre><code>[nm_fa name="fas fa-camera-retro"]

[nm_fa name="fas fa-camera-retro fa-2x"]

[nm_fa name="fas fa-cog fa-spin"]
</code></pre>
<p>Where the name is the name of the class of the icon that you want to add.</p>
<p>A complete list of icons you can find on <a href="https://fontawesome.com/icons" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome</a>.</p>
<h4>2) TINYMCE</h4>
<p>Select the desired icon in the drop-down menu.</p>
<h4>3) HTML</h4>
<p>To access the HTML editor, click on the “HTML” link on the tab at the top right of the text editor window in WordPress.<br /> If you don\’t know how to use Font Awesome in HTML, you can read <a href="https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/svg-with-js#basic-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome Basic Use</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Coming soon</strong></p>
<p>In the near future there will be a PRO version, where you can use all Awesome Icons.</p>


NM Font Awesome

Wordpress plugin that adds the latest version 5 of Font Awesome into your WordPress project.

FA WP Admin Menu Icons vs NM Font Awesome