<p>Use Font Awesome icons from your own host/server. Update the latest releases from GitHub.</p>
<p>Choose the major version and install the latest minor version. For example: Choose major version 6, and install the latest of 6.x.xx.<br />
Currently supported for version 4, 5, 6, 7.</p>
<p>This plugin did not use CDN (content delivery network). If you want to use CDN, please use official Font Awesome plugin instead.</p>
<p>You can dequeue duplicated Font Awesome handles from other plugins or themes to prevent conflict.</p>
<p>You can disable enqueue from this plugin in case you would like to do it manually.<br />
To get asset files for manually enqueue, use this code.</p>
<pre>
if (function_exists('rdfontawesome_get_enqueue_files')) {
    $result = rdfontawesome_get_enqueue_files();
    if (isset($result['css']) && is_array($result['css'])) {
        $faVersion = ($result['faVersion'] ?? false);
        foreach ($result['css'] as $css) {
            wp_enqueue_style('myplugin_fontawesome', $css, [], $faVersion);
        }
        unset($css, $faVersion);
    }
}
</pre>
<p>To get URL base of the Font Awesome assets for use another files, use this code.</p>
<pre>
if (function_exists('rdfontawesome_get_public_url_base')) {
    echo rdfontawesome_get_public_url_base();
}
</pre>
<p>Font Awesome files are belong to https://fontawesome.com</p>


Rundiz Font Awesome

Use Font Awesome from your host and update from GitHub.

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.

Rundiz Font Awesome vs FA WP Admin Menu Icons