In June 2022, WordPress Themes Team began urging theme authors to switch to hosted webfonts, following German court case, which fined owner for violating GDPR by using Google-hosted webfonts.
For years, theme authors have been enqueuing Google Fonts from Google CDN for better performance, and this method exposes visitors IP addresses..
Themes Team warned that guidelines regarding hosting fonts will be changing imminently and many theme authors moved to comply before it becomes requirement..
ticket for bundling Google fonts with WordPress legacy default themes had patches and was on track to be included WordPress 6.1 November.
WordPress Hendrik Luehrsen requested more eyes on the ticket, saying it affects WordPress Germany..
WordPress David Baumwald changed the milestone to 6.2, as Beta 2 for 6.1 was released yesterday and the ticket still needs final direction and patch...
By people exploiting the law, This is still serious issue Germany, as users with Google Fonts are currently getting targeted...
Luehrsen took to Twitter to comment on his disappointment with the ticket missing the window for 6.1...
In the meantime, those who are using WordPress default themes can use plugin like Local Google Fonts or OMGF GDPR DSVGO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts to host fonts locally..
The Replace Google Fonts with Bunny Fonts plugin makes it easy for users to do that without editing any theme code..
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