Better Font Awesome

better-font-awesome · by mcguive7 · wordpress.org ↗ · SVN ↗
Acquired by MIGHTYminnow. New committers from that team's naming convention are expected and will not fire takeover events.
Active installs
60k+
Current version
3.2.0
Added
2014-04-05
Last updated
2026-09-10 (10d ago)
First seen by beacon
5mo ago
Total downloads

Statistics

2024-06-17 → 2026-09-10 · 816 days
Downloads today
3,190
7-day total 54,222
Week over week
▲ +179%
vs prior 7 days
30-day trend
rising
▲ +6,049% MoM
Abandonment
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healthy
Downloads/day Linear trend
17k13k8k4k02024-062024-102025-032025-072025-122026-04
17k13k8k4k02026-062026-062026-072026-072026-082026-08
17k13k8k4k02026-082026-082026-082026-082026-092026-09

Active versions

2.03.11.7
2.0 · 60.6%3.1 · 19.2%1.7 · 11.4%other · 6.5%3.2 · 2.3%

Ratings

5★
73
4★
3
3★
1
2★
4
1★
6

Support: 2/2 resolved

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Medium release_after_dormancy Resolved · no_longer_matches 2026-09-03 12:52:18 (17d ago)
Slugbetter-font-awesome
Previous version2.0.4
Current version2.1.0
Dormancy days565
Active installs60,000
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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · no_longer_matches 2026-05-02 11:26:33 (4mo ago)
Committeraaronbmm
Member since2020-01-23
Plugins joined5
Spread days122
Earliest join2020-04-30 08:00:31
Latest join2020-08-31 04:48:57
Combined installs81,700
Sample plugins
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equal-height-columns10,0002020-08-31 04:48:57
custom-post-type-parents9002020-04-30 09:03:47
dashboard-notes6002020-04-30 08:00:31
widget-alias2002020-05-03 04:51:05
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Medium committer_younger_than_plugin Resolved · benign_company_employee 2026-04-27 10:32:31 (4mo ago)
Slugbetter-font-awesome
Committer slugaaronbmm
Committer display nameAaron [MIGHTYminnow]
Committer employer
Committer member since2020-01-23
Committer first commit2020-06-15 09:13:53
Committer commit count9
Plugin listed authormcguive7
Earliest plugin commit2014-04-04 02:42:09
Plugin age at join days2,264
Committer age at join days144
Active installs70,000
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SVN committers (4)

Accounts with actual commit access to better-font-awesome on plugins.svn.wordpress.org, reconstructed from svn log. This is the list that matters for ownership changes — not the readme contributors.

Committer Member since Commits First commit Latest commit
Mickey Kay 2011-08-10 136 2014-04-05 · r887838 2026-09-08 · r3687180
Aaron [MIGHTYminnow] 2020-01-23 9 2020-06-15 · r2324211 2020-09-08 · r2377028
Aaron Barraza 2019-10-24 1 2025-02-12 · r3239212 2025-02-12 · r3239212
plugin-master 2007-03-09 1 2014-04-04 · r887200 2014-04-04 · r887200

Readme contributors (3)

Names the plugin's readme declares as contributors. A soft signal — anyone can be listed. The SVN access column is the ground-truth cross-reference: does this contributor actually commit code?

Contributor Member since SVN access Status
Mickey Kay 2011-08-10 136 commits Active
Aaron [MIGHTYminnow] 2020-01-23 9 commits Active
MIGHTYminnow 2013-09-05 Active

Versions (24 most recent)

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3.2.0 zip
3.1.0 zip
3.0.1 zip
3.0.0 zip
2.1.0 zip
2.0.4 2025-02-12 · 1y ago zip
2.0.3 2022-09-14 · 4y ago zip
2.0.2 2022-09-13 · 4y ago zip
2.0.1 2021-03-11 · 5y ago zip
2.0.0 2021-03-11 · 5y ago zip
2.0.0-beta7 2021-02-28 · 5y ago zip
2.0.0-beta6 2021-02-23 · 5y ago zip
2.0.0-beta5 2021-02-14 · 5y ago zip
1.7.6 2021-02-14 · 5y ago zip
1.7.4 2021-02-09 · 5y ago zip
1.7.5 2021-02-08 · 5y ago zip
1.7.3 2020-09-20 · 6y ago zip
1.7.2 2020-08-28 · 6y ago zip
1.7.1 2020-06-15 · 6y ago zip
2.0.0-beta3 2018-05-21 · 8y ago zip
2.0.0-beta2 2018-05-05 · 8y ago zip
2.0.0-beta1 2018-04-09 · 8y ago zip
2.0.0-beta 2018-04-09 · 8y ago zip
1.7.0 2017-06-05 · 9y ago zip