Disable Google Fonts
Disable enqueuing of fonts from Google used by WordPress core, default themes, Gutenberg, and many more.
4.4(42 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Disable Google Fonts is a WordPress Open Sans plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 42 reviews. It has been downloaded 894K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Remove Google Fonts.
4.4/542 reviews
40K+active installs
894K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
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This plugin stops loading of fonts from Google Fonts used by WordPress core, Gutenberg plugin, bundled themes (Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen, Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Sixteen, Twenty Seventeen), and most other themes. If theme or plugin (whose name is not listed here) uses fonts from Google Fonts, those fonts still might be loaded if that theme or plugin loads fonts from Google in a way that is incompatible with this plugin.
Reasons for not using Google Fonts might be privacy and security, local development or production, blocking of Google’s servers, characters not supported by font, performance.
Disable Google Fonts is a very lightweight, it has no settings, just activate it and it works immediately.
And it’s on GitHub…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Helped
by trippplepain·3 years ago
I put the folder in my plugins, installed the plugin and then all google fonts get banned.
THX
it really helps
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#streamer #twitch #merch #TryAngel
Good work, man
by televizor·6 years ago
Thank you!
Successfully tested (WP 5.2.2, Twenty Thirteen)
by robert_n·6 years ago
I tested this with WordPress 5.2.2 and the theme “Twenty Thirteen” and it works perfectly. Before the plugin was activated: 2 third party requests according to Webbkoll tester. After the plugin was activated: 0 third party requests.
Thank you for this great plugin.
Does what it says
by julianoe·6 years ago
Good plugin to get rid of the privacy hole that is Google Fonts.
I still can’t understand why it was let in the WordPress Core …I should not need a plugin for that -_-
Did absolutely nothing
by Heartfullyheather·7 years ago
It didn’t do anything and yes I made sure it was activated. Guess I will uninstall and try a different one.
Download Trends
Today: 24Yesterday: 23This week: 140Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
93.3%
Other
6.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0
- Released on 23rd December 2018
- Change logic when disabling font via string translation filter.
- Change plugin description to better explain in which situations it works.
- Add support for WordPress 5.0, latest version of Gutenberg plugin, and most of the themes in WordPress.org Themes Repository.
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