Astra does not come with Font Awesome Icons but uses a custom font icon. The library we have used is lightweight and contains only the necessary icons required for the theme.
But Font Awesome Icons can be easily added with the external plugin. Below are the steps to add Font Awesome Icons to Astra:
Adding Font Awesome Icons on Website Pages
Step 1: Choose a plugin from the WordPress repository that lets you load the Font Awesome library to your site. For instance – Better Font Awesome.
Step 2: Install and activate this plugin on your WordPress dashboard.
You can now use shortcodes for font awesome icons anywhere on your website including the header, footer, sidebar, etc.
For example – [icon name=home] will display the home icon from Font Awesome. We’ll add it to one of our pages:
Here’s how it will look on your website:
Now, [icon name=user class=”fa-2x”] will display the same icon but with a bigger size. You can check out more of these icon codes here.
Adding Font Awesome Icons to Your Menus
Navigate to your WordPress dashboard, then go to Appearance > Menus. From there, edit the navigation label of a menu item by inserting the icon code you desire.
Click on the Save Menu button to apply these changes. You can get more of these icon codes here.
You can add menu icons in multiple ways, check out this article for more details.
That’s it! Following similar steps, you can add any font icon library on your website such as Entypo.
Adding these icons is a simple yet powerful way to enhance your site’s appearance and user experience. If you have any further questions about adding icons, please reach out to our support.
