Easy Google Fonts is just one of the plethora of new WordPress plugins dedicated to integrating Google Web Fonts with the WordPress platform.
While few of these plugins use a simple and straight-forward approach, most of them are clunky and unusable on live production sites where the developers needs a little bit of control over the fonts and the text they're applied to.
Easy Google Fonts manages to keep a balance between an eye-pleasing and easy to use interface, and the advanced options hardcore developers are looking for.
The plugin is integrated with the live theme customization option recent WordPress versions provide out of the box, it has access to over 600 Google Web Fonts, it's theme agnostic, and ready for translation into any language.
On top of this, it also updates the Google Web Fonts lists in the background, not requiring a full-on plugin update to do so.
Installation:
Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Also, check out this video tutorial on how to setup and get the plugin running:
What is new in this release:
- Addressed issue on certain servers where a 400 error was being returned when making a HTTP request to Google.
What is new in version 1.3.6:
- Addressed issue on certain servers where a 400 error was being returned when making a HTTP request to Google.
What is new in version 1.3.4:
- Introducing Panels: A new customizer feature in WordPress 4.0 that makes it easier to manage alot of font controls. Our plugin creates a new panel called Typography.
- Google fonts are now separated into the following categories to make them easier to navigate: Serif, Sans Serif, Display, Handwriting, Monospace.
- Now the plugin keeps font state when user switches page in customizer.
- Now there is a separate section for default and custom font controls.
- Improved the help tab in the admin area to help people obtain a google api key.
- Synchronised Force Styles between the Manage Font Controls and the Edit Font Controls Screen
- Fixed issue with the font weights not showing up for the customizer control.
- The plugin now checks and handles occurances where theme developers have removed all default controls.
What is new in version 1.3.1:
- Further UI improvements.
What is new in version 1.2.5:
- Performance enhancement for older browsers implemented. Safe to upgrade.
Requirements:
- WordPress 3.8 or higher
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