Disable Google Fonts

Description

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This plugin stops loading of fonts from Google Fonts used by WordPress core, Gutenberg plugin, bundled themes (Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen, Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Sixteen, Twenty Seventeen), and most other themes. If theme or plugin (whose name is not listed here) uses fonts from Google Fonts, those fonts still might be loaded if that theme or plugin loads fonts from Google in a way that is incompatible with this plugin.

Reasons for not using Google Fonts might be privacy and security, local development or production, blocking of Google’s servers, characters not supported by font, performance.

Disable Google Fonts is a very lightweight, it has no settings, just activate it and it works immediately.

And it’s on GitHub.

Installation

1. Upload disable-google-fonts folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Reviews

Helped

trippplepain September 26, 2022

I put the folder in my plugins, installed the plugin and then all google fonts get banned. THX it really helps – TripPplePain Streamer and Merch – #streamer #twitch #merch #TryAngel

Good work, man

televizor March 10, 2020

Thank you!

Successfully tested (WP 5.2.2, Twenty Thirteen)

robert_n August 27, 2019

I tested this with Wordpress 5.2.2 and the theme “Twenty Thirteen” and it works perfectly. Before the plugin was activated: 2 third party requests according to Webbkoll tester. After the plugin was activated: 0 third party requests. Thank you for this great plugin.

Does what it says

julianoe July 19, 2019

Good plugin to get rid of the privacy hole that is Google Fonts. I still can’t understand why it was let in the Wordpress Core …I should not need a plugin for that -_-

Did absolutely nothing

Heartfullyheather March 13, 2019

It didn’t do anything and yes I made sure it was activated. Guess I will uninstall and try a different one.

Works great

simplypeachy January 13, 2019

Thanks to this plugin my web site no longer subjects readers to Google’s tracking and removes a possible, if unlikely, security weakness. Thanks Milan!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

2.0

• Released on 23rd December 2018
• Change logic when disabling font via string translation filter.
• Change plugin description to better explain in which situations it works.
• Add support for WordPress 5.0, latest version of Gutenberg plugin, and most of the themes in www.ads-software.com Themes Repository.

1.4

• Released on 28th September 2018
• Remove fonts used in Gutenberg.

1.3

• Released on 12th December 2016
• Remove fonts used in Twenty Seventeen.

1.2

• Released on 9th December 2015
• Remove fonts used in Twenty Sixteen.

1.1

• Released on 29th December 2014
• Remove fonts used in Twenty Fifteen.