6 Best Fonts Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Fonts has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 6 closest alternatives to Fonts
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Custom Fonts
Closest matchCustom Fonts – Host Your Fonts Locally
4.3 (62) 400,000+ active installsCustom Fonts is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to upload your own custom fonts or choose from a vast collection of Google Fonts, all host …
Shares the custom fonts, fonts, google fonts tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.4, last updated 14 days ago.
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Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts
5.0 (1,220) 200,000+ active installsThe #1 fonts plugin for WordPress. 1,400+ Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts and your own font files. Live preview, no code required.
Shares the custom fonts, fonts, google fonts tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.4, last updated 4 days ago.
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Jooosi Fon – Use Custom Fonts, Google Fonts or Adobe Fonts
5.0 (25) 5,000+ active installsEasy self-host Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts support, or upload custom fonts in WordPress. Integrated into the most popular themes and page builders.
Shares the custom fonts, google fonts tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader
4.7 (1,149) 200,000+ active installsUpload custom fonts with custom font uploader. Auto converts to woff2 for better performance. Self-hosted, GDPR compliant, and easy custom font plugin
Shares the custom fonts, google fonts tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.4, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.4 (42) 40,000+ active installsDisable enqueuing of fonts from Google used by WordPress core, default themes, Gutenberg, and many more.
Shares the google fonts tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since February 24, 2019.
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4.8 (40) 30,000+ active installsAutomatically self-host all the Google Fonts on your site. Plug and play.
Shares the google fonts tag on WordPress.org. About 3.8 times the installs, no update since June 15, 2018.
Switching from Fonts: common questions
What is the best alternative to Fonts?
Custom Fonts is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 400,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Fonts alternative has the most users?
Custom Fonts, with 400,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Fonts alternative is rated highest?
Fonts Plugin, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,220 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Fonts alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Fonts score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Fonts on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Custom Fonts is the closest match to Fonts by the data we track, and Custom Fonts has the widest reach with 400,000+ active installs. Use Any Font shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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