10 Best Font Awesome Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Font Awesome has 400,000+ 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 Font Awesome
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WP Super Cache
Closest match4.3 (1,345) 1 million+ active installsA very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 3.6, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.6 (395) 1 million+ active installsRegenerate the thumbnails for one or more of your image uploads. Useful when changing their sizes or your theme.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 3.6, no update since August 20, 2025.
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Smush
Paid version availableSmush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN
4.8 (6,051) 1 million+ active installsCompress and optimize images, enable lazy load, serve WebP & AVIF, and speed up your site with a global image CDN.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.6, last updated 14 days ago.
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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 1.5 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 3.6, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.7 (1,428) 800,000+ active installsAutoptimize speeds up your website by optimizing JS, CSS, images (incl. lazy-load), HTML and Google Fonts, asyncing JS, removing emoji cruft and more.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.6, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.4 (5,420) 900,000+ active installsSearch Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support.
About 2.3 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 3.6, last updated 3 days ago.
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EWWW Image Optimizer
Paid version available4.8 (1,838) 1 million+ active installsComprehensive image optimization with WebP, AVIF, Lazy Load, and more. Optimize images automatically for Faster Sites and Happy Visitors.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 3.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin
4.9 (4,224) 1 million+ active installsThe simplest and fastest WP Cache system
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 3.6, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.9 (2,631) 900,000+ active installsGoogle Reviews Widget for WordPress. Display Google reviews in 1 minute with 45 professional layouts. Build trust, boost SEO, and increase sales.
About 2.3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 3.6, last updated 3 days ago.
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SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance
4.4 (30) 600,000+ active installsSpeedyCache is a WordPress cache plugin that helps you improve performance of your WordPress site by caching, minifying, and compressing your website.
About 1.5 times the installs, last updated June 24, 2026.
Switching from Font Awesome: common questions
What is the best alternative to Font Awesome?
WP Super Cache is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1 million+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Font Awesome alternative has the most users?
WP Super Cache, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Font Awesome alternative is rated highest?
WP Fastest Cache, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,224 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these 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 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 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
WP Super Cache is the closest match to Font Awesome by the data we track, and WP Super Cache has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Widgets for Google Reviews shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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