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OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy.

by Daan van den Bergh · Performance

Also makes 2 other plugins · 311K+ installs across the portfolio →

The original Google Fonts self-hosting plugin. Automagically caches your fonts locally — no configuration (or brains) required!

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 67 average across 1,076 Performance plugins

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.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 92/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 50/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+142% vs prior 30d
3.3KDownloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

335.0K

now · peak 634.2K

334.3K30d 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

OMGF · #200 you Local Google Fonts · #380 GDPR Cookie Complian · #181 Disable and Remove G · #371

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · 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.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

20

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v6.3.8

189

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

6.3.8 · 2mo ago6.3.7 · 2mo ago6.3.6 · 3mo ago6.3.5 · 3mo ago6.3.4 · 4mo ago6.3.3 · 5mo ago6.3.2 · 5mo ago6.3.1 · 5mo ago6.3.0 · 5mo ago6.2.0 · 5mo ago6.1.4 · 6mo ago6.1.3 · 6mo ago6.1.2 · 6mo ago6.1.1 · 7mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v6.3 63%
v6.0 9.7%
v5.9 9.3%
Older / other versions 18%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300K–400K ≈390K

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

Install history · since 2019-04-01 · 1,445 observations

300KInstalls · 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
6.3.10
Last updated
14d ago
Added
2018-06-27 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.3

Recent reviews

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  1. midazz1
    1.2y ago

    Support is unbelievably good, the developer replies within just hours and immediately fixes any bugs and issues you encounter. Even after a long day of work he just keeps going in the evening, won’t let go until it’s fixed. Then he adds those fixes to the next update so everyone can enjoy them. If only all customer support was this good! For this price I’m super impressed by the developer, keep it up Daan!

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  2. homewise1
    1.2y ago

    I found the above issue but the developer reply me in this way: You are the third person in 5 years that had this issue. My license manager is coded to install that key once. Something in your configuration triggered that code twice. And, to be honest, I don’t know why that happens. It’s been on my TODO list to investigate this, but, like I said, it hasn’t happened enough for me to prioritize this. I regret to paid it!

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  3. robertorefresh
    1.2y ago

    great plugin

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  4. redsoulwarrior
    1.5y ago

    This is one of those plugins that – without question – deserves a 10 / 10 rating (or in this case 5 / 5). You turn it on. You browse your own site. You go back to the backend. The scanner will tell you it found x Google fonts. And without you having to do anything, it will automatically download them from the Google server, upload them to your own WordPress installation and the calls to the external source (which is what’s causing the GDPR problems) will be automatically blocked. While the functionality of the plugin alone is great, the UI / UX deserves special mention. The plugin authors really went above and beyond to make this as easy as possible. I’m running a web design agency and usually try to avoid plugins, but this one has saved our butts once or twice when we didn’t know what other plugin was loading the Google font from the external source and we could get rid of the issue in no time (and at no cost!). Again, one of the most obvious 5 out of 5 ratings in the entire WordPress repo. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by redsoulwarrior.

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  5. samsports
    1.8y ago

    Amazing professional help from the plugin author, even without a Pro-customer, but now I will buy the pro nevertheless!

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  6. likemeasap
    2.0y ago

    Great Tool and absolut amazing support

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  7. Alexander Guskov
    2.1y ago

    I downloaded this plugin quite long ago but was putting off to put it in until recently got down to the site speed optimization. Current HTTP/2.0 quite insensitive in how many files to transfer and the modern network allow to ignore extra MB to transfer but it’s still very sensitive to the process of site connection. So, when you site uses font directly from google it means that user browser have to set up one connection more to one site more. 1) In my experience, although I use just 1 google font, transferring it from my site (instead of google site as it’s goes in default) increased my site speed tests unexpectedly significantly. So, the plugin is very useful!2) It’s more simple than it looks from the first glance. The best strategy is just do nothing with it’s settings except to choose your language sebsets, although “Load Early” I would tick up in default. Actually I would redesigned the settings page to avoid the first glance confusion. But if to put up with it’s design you figure out that it’s very simple !3) Happily it works very fast and steadily.4) I figured out how to optimize using browser cache for fonts and what is necessary change in plugin. Author reacted and made this changes the same day! It’s really great!Many thanks, for your work, Daan!

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  8. kloeppy1976
    2.5y ago

    Hi, i had some problems after installing OMGF Pro. But Daan supportet great and problem was solved although the problem wasn’t with his plugin at all

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 6.3.8 XSS: Hardened security by adding capability and nonce checks to Save & Optimize action. 6.3.8
  2. Version 6.3.7 Added: omgf_frontend_process_preloads action, which is used by OMGF Pro for coming up Smart Optimize improvements. 6.3.7
  3. Version 6.3.6 Tested with WP 7.0. 6.3.6
  4. Version 6.3.5 Fixed: Google Fonts and Performance Checker didn’t run when Disable Admin Bar Menu was enabled. 6.3.5
  5. Version 6.3.4 Code improvements to facilitate UX in OMGF Pro. 6.3.4
  6. Version 6.3.3 Improved: Performance Checker now also checks Cumulate Layout Shifting (CLS) caused by fonts. Some minor UI fixes. 6.3.3

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-01-02 CVE-2023-6600 Missing Authorization Affects <= 5.7.9 Patched in 5.7.10
  2. 2021-12-01 CVE-2021-25021 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 4.5.11 Patched in 4.5.12
  3. 2021-08-23 CVE-2021-24639 Improper Access Control Affects <= 4.5.3 Patched in 4.5.4
  4. 2021-08-23 CVE-2021-24638 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 4.5.3 Patched in 4.5.4

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 19 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Italian 62%
French (France) 56%
German 45%
Spanish (Chile) 45%
German (Austria) 42%
German (Switzerland) Informal 42%
Swedish 36%
Spanish (Venezuela) 29%
Spanish (Colombia) 28%
Spanish (Ecuador) 28%
Spanish (Mexico) 28%
English (UK) 25%
Russian 14%
Turkish 10%
Dutch (Belgium) 4%
Tibetan 2%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-11-11 200K+ → 300K+ up after 2 days in tier
  2. 2023-11-09 300K+ → 200K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2023-11-08 200K+ → 300K+ up after 376 days in tier
  4. 2022-10-28 100K+ → 200K+ up

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OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy.: 300K+ active installs, 4.7★ (212 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/host-webfonts-local