Simple Google Fonts Japanese vs Local Google Fonts

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Local Google Fonts is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Simple Google Fonts Japanese

by yossybunny

Health D41

Local Google Fonts

by EverPress

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Simple Google Fonts JapaneseLocal Google Fonts

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Simple Google Fonts Japanese	Local Google Fonts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	83 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	27/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.9y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	67	74.4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-34%	-1%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.9%	11% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Privacy & Consent

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Simple Google Fonts JapaneseLocal Google Fonts

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.