Is Local Open Sans free?

Yes, Local Open Sans is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Local Open Sans?

Local Open Sans has 200 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Local Open Sans alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Local Open Sans include Loginizer, Redux Framework, LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Local Open Sans work with the latest WordPress?

Local Open Sans has been tested up to WordPress 3.9.40. It requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+.

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Local Open Sans

Name: Local Open Sans
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: ThemeBoy

Replace Open Sans with a local copy to speed up admin testing and development.

By ThemeBoy·Admin·Free

5(3 reviews)

·200 active installs·Updated 11 years ago

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As of April 2026, Local Open Sans is a WordPress admin plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/53 reviews

200active installs

3.8K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Local Open Sans contains copies of Open Sans fonts that WordPress loads from Google Fonts. The plugin deregisters the admin style that loads these fonts remotely and replaces it with a stylesheet that loads local copies of the same fonts.

Recommended for development when “fonts.googleapis.com” is adding time to admin pageloads. Not recommended for production (live sites) because it is almost always faster for your visitors to load fonts from Google or to use cached copies.

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