10 Best Better Font Awesome Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 24, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Better Font Awesome has 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Better Font Awesome
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AddToAny
Closest matchAddToAny Share Buttons
4.7 (1,114) 300,000+ active installsShare buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated May 22, 2026.
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4.4 (302) 600,000+ active installsEasily replace any attached image/file by simply uploading a new file in the Media Library edit view - a real time saver!
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.5, last updated August 20, 2026.
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BackWPup
Paid version availableBackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
4.0 (1,323) 400,000+ active installsBack up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.
About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.5, last updated 10 days ago.
- 4
MetaSlider
Paid version availableSlider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
4.6 (741) 500,000+ active installsSlider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
About 8.3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, last updated 23 days ago.
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ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF
4.5 (829) 300,000+ active installsCompress images & PDFs automatically, convert to WebP & AVIF, and generate SEO-friendly filenames with AI. Bulk optimization, smart crop & resize.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.8 (1,014) 300,000+ active installsWP Reset resets the entire site or selected parts using advanced reset options to default values. 100% safe to use with built-in restore function.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated August 16, 2026.
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OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy.
4.7 (213) 300,000+ active installsThe original Google Fonts self-hosting plugin. Automagically caches your fonts locally — no configuration (or brains) required!
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 4 days ago.
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Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization
4.7 (640) 200,000+ active installsAutomatically optimize images with bulk compression, lazy loading, WebP/AVIF conversion & CloudFront image CDN. Boost Core Web Vitals & conversions.
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 4 days ago.
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Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS
4.7 (611) 200,000+ active installsSpeed up your WordPress site with one-click optimizations like Page Cache, Critical CSS, and Image CDN to improve Core Web Vitals.
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 16 days ago.
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SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance
4.4 (30) 500,000+ active installsSpeedyCache is a WordPress cache plugin that helps you improve performance of your WordPress site by caching, minifying, and compressing your website.
About 8.3 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
Switching from Better Font Awesome: common questions
What is the best alternative to Better Font Awesome?
AddToAny is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Better Font Awesome alternative has the most users?
Enable Media Replace, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Better Font Awesome alternative is rated highest?
WP Reset, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 1,014 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Better Font Awesome alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Better Font Awesome score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Better Font Awesome on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
AddToAny is the closest match to Better Font Awesome by the data we track, and Enable Media Replace has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. OMGF shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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