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Flying Fonts

Flying Fonts: Remove Google Fonts & Use System Fonts for Faster Performance
by Gijo Varghese · 700+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 20 May 2026, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

87/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Flying Fonts
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Flying Fonts still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 May 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 20 May 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Flying Fonts, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer gijo since Jan 2021. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Flying Fonts removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Flying Fonts safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Flying Fonts update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.0.2. No one-star spike after it. 24 Aug 2024 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master12 Jan 2021 to 12 Jan 2021, 1 commits
gijo13 Jan 2021 to 20 May 2026, 26 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2021.

Maintenance

Last release
6 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Flying Fonts
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 20 May 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.2.

Rating distribution
5 star4
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

700+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

OMGFScore 88 · 300,000+Disable and Remove Google FontsScore 88 · 100,000+

Facts

Version1.0.2
AuthorGijo Varghese
Added13 Jan 2021
Last updated20 May 2026
Active installs700+
Requires WordPress4.7
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsfonts, google fonts, system fonts, websafe fonts

Other plugins by this author: Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance, Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience, Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance, Flying Analytics: Self-Host Google Analytics v4 with Speed Optimization, Flying Images: Optimize and Lazy Load Images for Faster Page Speed

Questions

Is Flying Fonts still maintained?

Yes. Last release 20 May 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Flying Fonts, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer gijo since Jan 2021.

Was Flying Fonts removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Flying Fonts safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Flying Fonts update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.0.2. No one-star spike after it.

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