Web Fonts

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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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

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

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.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago and the previous band took 24 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.

1. ★★★★★ hacktisch

   8.7y ago

   I don’t understand why the downvotes. In the newest version of WP now January 2018 the plugin still works after 4 years of nu updates. I entered my fonts.com API key, and the fonts load into the site directly. I think the other users just didn’t understand how to use this plugin. Anyways I’m here to tell you it does work with fonts.com

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2. ★★★★★ Posicionamiento Web Barato

   12.3y ago

   Este plugin permite agregar distintas fuentes a mi sitio de wordpress dando una apariencia agradable, es una solución simple para incorporar Google fonts a nuestros sitios webs. Una vez que lo he configurado su funcionamiento es mucho más sencillo, pero es un poco dificil para ser configurado por el usuario promedio

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3. ★★★★★ omigosh

   13.0y ago

   This plug in does nothing other than give you a link to either Google or Fonts.com. You have to do all the work from there. You can get free fonts from Google, Adobe or Fonts.com without having to use this plug in and you don’t need to identify yourself with an API key either.

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4. ★★★★★ Chris Burbridge

   13.6y ago

   Uses its own control panel area (I prefer if plugins only do this if they are quite important). Requires API key for Google fonts. This is not hard to do. It’s like… 3 steps. Shows samples of all fonts, and you can search on the fonts, as well as sort alphabetically, or by popularity, etc. This would be terrific, only I could not find how to get the selectors to work. In other words, for some reason, the data would not save to activate the selectors. Also, I am not sure if it lets you see all the different font variants, which would be helpful.

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5. ★★★★★ robotarmy

   13.7y ago

   This plugin DOES NOT WORK right from the gate. There is no support. There is a post on support that has been UNANSWERED for 8 months. This is clearly a way for them to get you to subscribe to their subscription service—a dis-service to WP users. Why do I have to give one star?

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6. ★★★★★ illusiodesign

   13.8y ago

   The connection to the fonts.com server is unreliable with this plugin. So chances are, your site will have potential for some serious lag.

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7. ★★★★★ siriusly

   13.8y ago

   Doesn’t seem that the author is supporting this plugin any longer. I’d be delighted to change the rating if there is some response in the forum.

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8. ★★★★★ tonygill99

   13.9y ago

   I was very excited to discover this plugin, because I’m working on a small WordPress site for a friend and have been asked to use a single web font from fonts.com for all of the text. However, after several days trying various approaches, I’ve given up on this plugin, because it just doesn’t work. It’s much easier to simply use the fonts.com user interface and just paste a single line of JavaScript code into the header.php template of the child theme. A pity, because this plugin would have saved me a lot of time if it had worked!

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Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-16 200+ → 100+ down after 718 days in tier
2. 2024-06-28 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-06-27 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in tier
4. 2024-06-22 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-06-21 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-06-20 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in tier
7. 2023-07-07 400+ → 300+ down after 258 days in tier
8. 2022-10-22 500+ → 400+ down after 431 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).

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Web Fonts: 100+ active installs, 2.3★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/web-fonts