Google Fonts for WordPress vs wp-Typography
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| Feature | Google Fonts for WordPress v4.2.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | wp-Typography v5.11.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | September 3, 2026 | February 23, 2025 |
| Editions | Fonts Plugin · Fonts Plugin Pro ($) | wp-Typography |
| Pros | Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts from the customizer; Font block and Divi and WooCommerce compatibility; Free version covers the basic font choices | Hyphenation and widow prevention; Smart quotes, dashes and ellipses; Ignore rules for tags, classes and IDs |
| Cons | Fonts load from Google and Adobe servers in the free version; Local hosting and per-element typography need Pro; Adobe Fonts needs a Typekit API token | Many options to set up before the output looks right; Hyphenation needs the right language set per site; Adds processing to rendered text |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Google Fonts in the customizer and site CSS, Adobe Fonts through a Typekit kit, Font block for the block editor, Font optimization controls (Pro licence required) ($) | Automatic hyphenation with language settings, Smart quotes, dashes, ellipses and marks, Widow prevention, Forced wrapping of long URLs, emails and hyphens, Typography block for the block editor, Settings page under the Settings menu |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Divi | Advanced Custom Fields |
| Other | Adobe Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com, typekit.com, use.typekit.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |