# Using FA Icons not working as planned

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/using-fa-icons-not-working-as-planned/11264>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/using-fa-icons-not-working-as-planned/11264 "2025-12-03T18:49:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jefferis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/jefferis/32/503_2.png) [@jefferis](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/jefferis)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/using-fa-icons-not-working-as-planned/11264/1 "2025-12-03T18:49:11Z")

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Before I connected Smart AI, when I would try to place FA icons inside an element, it created an area but no icons are inserted nor any option to choose one. After AI, it created an odd result which you can see in the video below.

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/emmanuel/32/6294_2.png) [@Emmanuel](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Emmanuel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/using-fa-icons-not-working-as-planned/11264/2 "2025-12-05T11:04:51Z")

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1. Activate Font Awesome from the **Libraries & Plugins Manager**
2. Deactivate smart insert before proceeding.

That’s it 🙂