Optimize and speed up web font loading and improve UX by minimizing Flash of Invisible Text, Flash of Unstyled Text, and DOM Reflow.
As of April 2026, WP FOFT Loader is a WordPress font plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: Local Google Fonts.
This plugin implements and automates Zach Leatherman’s “Critical FOFT with preload, with a polyfill fallback emulating font-display: optional” to optimize and speed up web font loading and improve UX by minimizing Flash of Invisible Text, Flash of Unstyled Text, and DOM Reflow.
This plugin is based on Hugh Lashbrooke’s Starter Plugin, a robust and GPL-licensed code template for creating a standards-compliant WordPress plugin.
Episode 1. Intro and Background
Episode 2. Font Squirrel Generator (WOFF & WOFF2)
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| WordPress | 4.6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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