# A font awesome icon is not displayed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-font-awesome-icon-is-not-displayed/405144
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** custom-header-icons
**Created:** [12 juni 2026 om 08:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-font-awesome-icon-is-not-displayed/405144 "2026-06-12T08:52:44Z")
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### Author: ![pHneutre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/phneutre/32/326831_2.png) [@pHneutre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pHneutre)
#### Post date: [12 juni 2026 om 08:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-font-awesome-icon-is-not-displayed/405144/1 "2026-06-12T08:52:45Z")

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I’m trying to display the free [ranking-star](https://fontawesome.com/icons/classic/solid/ranking-star). I added it to the SVG icons in the Custom Header Links (icons) component:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/5/c/15c3435c44c132d9287a0907ca9ba77fa87ab62a.png)

And called it in my link:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/6/d/a6da385ee6456a8d8d3574a38e2e653f73827dcf.png)

But it doesn’t show:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/0/0/3009b8dba52efc3c872b04ce69a3917d83bca460.png)

Generated HTML:

```html
<li class="custom-header-icon-link header-icon-tableau-des-leaders vdo last-custom-icon">
  <a class="btn no-text icon btn-flat" href="/leaderboard" title="Tableau des leaders" rel="noopener">
      <svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-ranking-star svg-icon fa-width-auto svg-string" width="1em" height="1em" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><use href="#ranking-star"></use></svg><span class="sr-only">Tableau des leaders</span>
  </a>
</li>

```

It works fine with other icons such as “star”.  
Is it a FontAwesome version problem? The ranking-star should be avail in FA6 shipped with Discourse per [this announcement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/were-upgrading-our-icons-to-font-awesome-6/325349).

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