Simple Gutenberg Google Fonts
by acosmin · Blocks
Simple Google Fonts adds the posibility to change default fonts to Google fonts from within the new WordPress v5.0 editor, codename Gutenberg.
41 health vs 73 average across 634 Blocks plugins
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2834 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 58
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-30 30+ → 20+ down after 126 days in band
- 2025-03-26 20+ → 30+ up after 61 days in band
- 2025-01-24 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-01-13 20+ → 30+ up after 48 days in band
- 2024-11-26 30+ → 20+ down after 200 days in band
- 2024-05-10 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-05-08 30+ → 20+ down after 363 days in band
- 2023-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 64 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Custom Fonts – Host Your Fonts Locally 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Local Google Fonts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - A Adobe Fonts (formerly Typekit) for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
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Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Japanese font for WordPress(Previously: Japanese Font for TinyMCE) 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Customify 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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