Disable Elementor Font Awesome

In this guide I will show you step by step how to Disable Font Awesome in Elementor and integrate it locally into your WordPress website. Local integration improves your site's loading time, protects your visitors' privacy, and avoids legal pitfalls.

There are numerous reasons why you shouldn't simply integrate Font Awesome:

What is Font Awesome and why should you use it locally?

Font Awesome is a collection of icons that functions like a font. Instead of letters, the characters here consist of symbols controlled via CSS. This has the advantage of scaling without loss of quality and requiring less storage space than raster images such as .png or .jpeg.

By embedding Font Awesome locally, you can optimize your website's loading times because the icons are loaded directly from your server rather than from external sources. You also have more control over your data and your users' privacy.

Disable Font Awesome in Elementor – step by step

Here's how to disable Font Awesome in Elementor and switch to a local version.

Disable Elementor Font Awesome

Step 1: Open your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Elementor > Settings.

Step 2: Switch to tab Advanced.

Step 3: Search for the option Load Font Awesome 4 Support and choose No from the drop-down menu.

Step 4: Click on save Changes.

Done! You have now disabled Font Awesome in Elementor.

Embed Font Awesome locally

Now that you have disabled Font Awesome in Elementor, you can embed the icons locally to further optimize performance.

1. Download Font Awesome

Visit the official Font Awesome website and download the latest version. Unzip the ZIP file and save the folder in an easy-to-find location.

2. Upload files to WordPress

Step 1: In your WordPress dashboard, go to media > Add file.

Step 2: Upload the entire Font Awesome folder that you previously unzipped.

3. Integrate Font Awesome into Elementor

Now we integrate the uploaded files into your WordPress theme:

Step 1: Go to design > Theme File Editor and open the file functions.php.

Step 2: Add the following code at the end of the file:

function my_enqueue_font_awesome() {
    wp_enqueue_style('font-awesome', get_template_directory_uri() . '/path/to/font-awesome/css/all.min.css', array(), '5.x.x');
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_enqueue_font_awesome');

Step 3: Replace /path/to/font-awesome/ with the actual path to the folder you uploaded. It might look something like this: /wp-content/uploads/font-awesome/css/all.min.css.

Step 4: Click on save file.

Now your site loads Font Awesome directly from your own server!

Advantages of local integration

By integrating Font Awesome locally you get:

• Faster loading times: Your icons are loaded from your server, which means fewer external requests.
• More control: You are not dependent on external services, which gives you more security and flexibility.
• Privacy: Since no data is sent to external servers, you better protect the privacy of your visitors.

Read more about this in our other article on Font Awesome:

Conclusion

With this guide you have Elementor Font Awesome successfully deactivated and integrated locally into your WordPress site. This improves your website's performance and ensures greater data protection.

If you have any further questions or need support, I'm happy to help. Good luck with optimizing your website!