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Swap Google Fonts Display

Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance
by Gijo Varghese · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

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

95/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Swap Google Fonts Display
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Swap Google Fonts Display still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 May 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 20 May 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Swap Google Fonts Display, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer gijo since May 2019. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Swap Google Fonts Display removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Swap Google Fonts Display safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Swap Google Fonts Display update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.1.1. No one-star spike after it. 2 Aug 2022 · 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-master13 May 2019 to 13 May 2019, 1 commits
gijo14 May 2019 to 20 May 2026, 54 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

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 Swap Google Fonts Display
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
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: 4.4.

Rating distribution
5 star11
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star2
Latest low reviews

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

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Swap Google Fonts Display
4 May 202647
11 May 2026123
18 May 2026143
25 May 2026111
1 Jun 2026108
8 Jun 2026126
15 Jun 2026109
22 Jun 202692
29 Jun 2026100
6 Jul 202694
13 Jul 202686
20 Jul 2026102
27 Jul 202698
3 Aug 2026119
10 Aug 2026113
17 Aug 2026126
24 Aug 2026108
31 Aug 2026117
7 Sep 202698
14 Sep 2026110
21 Sep 2026120
28 Sep 2026119
5 Oct 2026146
12 Oct 2026127
19 Oct 2026193
26 Oct 2026155
2 Nov 202622

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 11% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.1.1
AuthorGijo Varghese
Added14 May 2019
Last updated20 May 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress4.7
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsfonts, web font, display swap, google 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, Flying Analytics: Self-Host Google Analytics v4 with Speed Optimization, Flying Images: Optimize and Lazy Load Images for Faster Page Speed, Flying Fonts: Remove Google Fonts & Use System Fonts for Faster Performance

Questions

Is Swap Google Fonts Display still maintained?

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

Who owns Swap Google Fonts Display, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer gijo since May 2019.

Was Swap Google Fonts Display removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Swap Google Fonts Display safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Swap Google Fonts Display update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.1.1. No one-star spike after it.

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