Remove Google Fonts
by suifengtec · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Remove Google fonts link from WP core and default themes.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈750 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “google fonts” for “twentyseventeen”. “google fonts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “twentyseventeen” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 51.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3499 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3499 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| inconsolata font your tag | #4 | #2 | 0 |
| noto serif your tag | #18 | #7 | down 1 |
| twentyseventeen | #23 | #19 | down 1 |
| google fonts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| noto sans your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| open sans your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “google fonts” for “twentyseventeen”. “google fonts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “twentyseventeen” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Under-ranked on “noto serif”. wp.org puts you #18; on merit you place #7. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 169 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
9.6y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 4 Apr 2017
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ areebsooyasir9.0y ago
In my own blog I removed Google Fonts manually and I will explain why people should care about never using these fonts. googleapis.com is blocked in China so no one in China can see any site using Google Fonts basically it just won’t load since the .css fonts basically come first. This plugin saves so much time rather than manual code editing here is the manual step for example so thanks to the author! ============== edit theme css: Click “Appearance -> Editor -> Stylesheet” http://yourblog.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=style.css&theme=twentysixteen textarea { color: #1a1a1a; /*font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;*/ font-family: “Lucida Sans Unicode”, “Lucida Grande”, sans-serif line 210 edit wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/functions.php //return $fonts_url; return 0; #another problem is that in the code this shows up still: <link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’open-sans-css’ href=’https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans%3A300italic%2C400italic%2C600italic%2C300%2C400%2C600&subset=latin%2Clatin-ext&ver=4.4.11′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ /> edit wp-includes/script-loader.php line 708: $open_sans_font_url = “https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,300,400,600&subset=$subsets”; $open_sans_font_url = “”;
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ NUCUTA10.5y ago
now the default font in the back end is sans-serif. It’s fine for me as it’s not for the viewers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mshkrebtan10.7y ago
Thanks! Works with Twenty Sixteen as well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ byronyasgur10.7y ago
wow – if I want to load fonts I can do it myself – shaved a half second of load time in one stroke – thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pieter Bos11.9y ago
If the WP Dev Team would not be so USA centric, then they could add this to Core. In some countries Google is completely blocked, that includes fonts.googleapis.com URLs A simple tickbox to switch Google Fonts off altogether would be all that is needed. Fortunately Suifeng has come up with the solution and keeps it updated!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mohammad Taqui Sayed12.1y ago
This open sans font was slowing down the page speed and hence my work in local development and I was going to create a plugin for it, but this plugin saved my time. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ suifengtec12.7y ago
如果你所在地区的运营商对谷歌的IP不是很友好，这个很有用！ 1.2.0支持移除WordPress4.1的默认主题twentyfifteen中的三种谷歌字体链接。 如果你仅用WordPress默认安装环境进行开发测试，这个更有用！
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AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Remove Google fonts link from WP core and default themes."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 803 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 800+ → 700+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 800+ → 700+ down after 224 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 900+ → 800+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-20 800+ → 900+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-17 900+ → 800+ down after 140 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- D Disable Google Fonts 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable and Remove Google Fonts | GDPR & DSGVO friendly 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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