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

Rundiz Font Awesome

Use Font Awesome from your host and update from GitHub.

Mykhailo Nykoliuk

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!
<h4>Usage</h4>
Font Awesome version 5 icons can be any of 4 different styles, each with its own prefix. 
In the free version of the plugin, you can use only 2 styles: 
* Solid, with style prefix <code>fas</code> 
* Brands, with style prefix <code>fab</code>
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%.
NM Font Awersome gives you 2 ways of usage:
<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>
Where the name is the name of the class of the icon that you want to add.
A complete list of icons you can find on <a href="https://fontawesome.com/icons" rel="nofollow ugc">Font Awesome</a>.
<h4>2) TINYMCE</h4>
Select the desired icon in the drop-down menu.
<h4>3) HTML</h4>
To access the HTML editor, click on the “HTML” link on the tab at the top right of the text editor window in WordPress. 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>.
Coming soon
In the near future there will be a PRO version, where you can use all Awesome Icons.

NM Font Awesome

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

Rundiz Font Awesome vs NM Font Awesome