CMB2 Field Type: Font Awesome

Font Awesome icon selector for powerful custom metabox generator CMB2
You can use as field type in CMB2 function file. Add a new field, set type to faiconselect and add font awesome icons to options (look Usage for examples). Plugin uses jQuery Font Picker for creating a icon selector.
Sample Usage
Detailed instructions on Github
$cmb->add_field( array(
'name' => __( 'Select Font Awesome Icon', 'cmb' ),
'id' => $prefix . 'iconselect',
'desc' => 'Select Font Awesome icon',
'type' => 'faiconselect',
'options' => array(
'fa fa-facebook' => 'fa fa-facebook',
'fa fa-500px' => 'fa fa-500px',
'fa fa-twitter' => 'fa fa-twitter'
)
) );
Sample Usage With Font Awesome 5
$cmb->add_field( array(
'name' => __( 'Select Font Awesome Icon', 'cmb' ),
'id' => $prefix . 'iconselect',
'desc' => 'Select Font Awesome icon',
'type' => 'faiconselect',
'options' => array(
'fab fa-facebook' => 'fa fa-facebook',
'fab fa-500px' => 'fa fa-500px',
'fab fa-twitter' => 'fa fa-twitter',
'fas fa-address-book' => 'fas fa-address-book'
),
'attributes' => array(
'faver' => 5
)
) );
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
- Give a name to your project
- Download the Installer Package
- Install & activate the plugin locally
- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.



