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Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance

by Gijo Varghese · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 67.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Ensure text remains visible during webfont load, reduce FOUT, and improve performance for a smoother user experience.

How scoring works →
85 Health · A
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

85 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈14K estimated

137.4K

Total downloads

since 2019

4.15★

Rating (adjusted)

4.4★ raw · 13 reviews

+20%

471

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

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.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 67/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+20% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

471

now · peak 2.3K

48030d 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

Swap Google Fonts Di · #1991 you Custom Fonts · #154 Fonts Plugin · #250 Fonts · #2447

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.4Stars · 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.

48per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.1.1

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.1 · 3mo ago1.1.0 · 2.0y ago1.0.6 · 4.9y ago1.0.5 · 6.7y ago1.0.4 · 6.7y ago1.0.3 · 6.8y ago1.0.2 · 6.9y ago1.0.0 · 6.9y ago1.0.1 · 6.9y ago1.0 · 6.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 96%
v1.0 3.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2019-12-10 · 1,436 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Ratings · 13 reviews

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5★
11 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.1.1
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2019-05-14 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.1.1 Minor updates 1.1.1
  2. — Version 1.1.0 New: Support for Google Fonts v2 1.1.0
  3. — Version 1.0.6 Bug fixes while using W3 Total Cache Bug fixes while using custom wp-includes folder 1.0.6
  4. — Version 1.0.5 Support for W3 Total Cache 1.0.5
  5. — Version 1.0.4 Automatically add font-display:swap to all css files when using LiteSpeed cache 1.0.4
  6. — Version 1.0.3 Checks entire HTML for Google Fonts (previously only) 1.0.3

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.1

✓ 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 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Dutch 100%
Spanish (Spain) 60%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/swap-google-font-display