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Google Web Fonts Customizer (GWFC)

by Chanif Al-Fath · Uncategorized

This plugin integrates WordPress Customizer with Google Web Fonts, to add and use google fonts to any themes, no coding needed.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4428 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+40% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

220

now · peak 294

21330d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Google Web Fonts Cus · #7278 you Ultimate Fonts · #9360 Easy Google Fonts · #336 Supreme Google Webfo · #6316

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

237per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

12.1y ago

latest release · v1.0.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.1 · 12.1y ago1.0.0 · 12.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
900–1K ≈960

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,426 observations

900Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
12.1y ago
Added
2014-03-09 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. zorbon
    10.0y ago

    Do not use this plugin if your site uses https: it will generate http errors and break the site padlock.

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  2. grantt2013
    11.4y ago

    Just the best

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  3. vikcheema
    11.4y ago

    Many thanks for this plugin. Works just fine and as described. Thanks

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  4. Donna Fontenot
    11.7y ago

    Saves a ton of time rather than coding this into my own theme customizer. Works perfectly. Simple and easy.

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  5. elovkoff
    11.9y ago

    I compared it to other solutions, it is much better and easier to use. I’m surprised it is not yest very popular, I would definitely place it as an a top 3 google fonts solutions.

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  6. prashantvarun
    12.0y ago

    Google Web Fonts Customizer (GWFC) easy to use – simple and great integration with google fonts for more info you can check my ecommerce site : http://www.sugapple.com which I made with mystile theme and default menu color is orange but i have changed it with the help of this plugin

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  7. Tuberkel
    12.1y ago

    Easy handling, flawless functioning. Most useful plugin. Thanks for the great job.

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  8. Giorgio25b
    12.4y ago

    It is absolutely one of the most practical plugin I used recently.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-08 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-05 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 1010 days in tier
  4. 2023-07-29 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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Google Web Fonts Customizer (GWFC): 900+ active installs, 4.6★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-web-fonts-customizer-gwfc