what they are and how to use them (manually/plugin)

After that, you will get step-by-step instructions on how to add icon fonts to your WordPress site, both manually and via plugins..   Alright, now that you know why it's idea to use icon fonts WordPress, let's go over how you can add them to your site..   For Font Awesome, you find the download link in the same place as CDN address, further down the page.   Once on your hard drive, unzip the file and fire up your FTP client.   Once activated, you find the configuration settings for the plugin under Settings > Better Font Awesome...   With the plugin installed, you can add icon fonts to your WordPress site via handy shortcodes such as this one...   In either case, same as before, you need to know the name of the icon you want to add to your WordPress site order to do so..   o that, the plugin also adds option for adding icons to WordPress editor.   Icon fonts offer great to image files for adding icons, symbols and pictograms to your site.   Above, you have learned what icon fonts are and why it's idea to use them and how to add this type of font to WordPress.   Read more