Font Awesome Shortcodes for WordPress

This is a plugin for WordPress that adds shortcodes for easier use of the Font Awesome icons in your content.

Requirements

This plugin won't do anything if you don't have WordPress theme built with Font Awesome. The plugin does not include Font Awesome.

The plugin is tested to work with Font Awesome version 4.2 and WordPress 4.0.

Shortcode Reference

• Icons
• Icon Stacks
• Icon Lists

Usage

Icons

[fa type="exclamation"]

Parameter	Description	Required	Values	Default
type	The type of icon you want to display	required	See Font Awesome docs	none
size	Icon size	optional	lg, 2x 3x, 4x, 5x	false
border	Whether the font is displayed using the "bordered" style	optional	true, false	false
spin	Whether the font is displayed spinning	optional	true, false	false
list_item	Set "true" if the icon is within a list item for better spacing. Be sure to wrap the list in [fa-ul] (see below)	optional	true, false	false
fixed_width	Set "true" if the icon should keep a fixed width for spacing in a menu	optional	true, false	false
rotate	Rotate the icon a number of degrees	optional	normal, 90, 180, 270	false
flip	Flip the icon vertically or horizontally	optional	vertical, horizontal	false
stack_size	If this icon is in a stack, what size is it?	optional	lg, 2x 3x, 4x, 5x	false
inverse	Whether this icon's color should be inverted (useful in stacks)	optional	true, false	false
xclass	Any extra classes you want to add	optional	any text	none

Icon Reference.

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Icon Stacks

[fa-stack size="lg"] 
    [fa type="circle" stack_size="2x"]
    [fa type="flag" inverse="true" stack_size="1x"]
[/fa-stack]

Parameter	Description	Required	Values	Default
size	Icon size	optional	lg, 2x 3x, 4x, 5x	false
xclass	Any extra classes you want to add	optional	any text	none

Font Awesome documentation.

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Icon Lists

When using list_item="true" for icons, be sure to wrap the list in [fa-ul] and [/fa-ul].

[fa-ul] 
	Standard HTML or WordPress list goes here.
[/fa-ul]

Parameter	Description	Required	Values	Default
xclass	Any extra classes you want to add	optional	any text	none

Font Awesome documentation.