Title: knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons
Author: knuspermedia
Published: November 9, 2026
Last modified: November 9, 2026
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# knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons
By [knuspermedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knuspermedia/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons.1.4.0.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/)
## Description
When a page loads Google Fonts or Font Awesome from their servers, every visitor’s
browser sends its IP address to Google or Font Awesome. German courts have ruled
that this can violate the GDPR (DSGVO).
knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons finds these fonts and icons on your pages, downloads
them once to your own server and rewrites the page, so visitors only load them from
your domain. It works automatically after activation, no configuration needed.
This plugin is not affiliated with Google or Fonticons, Inc. (Font Awesome).
#### What it handles
* Google Fonts stylesheets (CSS API v1 and v2), reduced to the subsets you need,
with `font-display: swap`
* Font Awesome stylesheets from its own CDN and from cdnjs, jsDelivr and BootstrapCDN
* Font Awesome’s JavaScript version and Font Awesome Kits, replaced by the local
stylesheet of the same release (Font Awesome Free for kits)
* `@import` of Google Fonts / Font Awesome inside theme and plugin stylesheets,
also nested
* Inline styles, URLs inside inline scripts and JSON, and the Web Font Loader (
replaced by a copy bundled with the plugin)
* `preconnect` / `dns-prefetch` hints to these servers
* Fonts that scripts add later in the browser (sliders, page builders, maps), blocked
by an optional JavaScript guard
* Local file paths contain no third-party host names, so source code scanners don’t
report false positives
Only stylesheets and font files are stored, in `wp-content/uploads/knuspermedia-
local-fonts-icons/`. The plugin never stores JavaScript.
#### Check your pages
Under _Settings Local Fonts & Icons_ you can check any page of your site for remaining
references to Google Fonts or Font Awesome, see which files were stored locally
and clear the cache. Common page cache plugins (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed
Cache, WP Super Cache, Autoptimize and others) are purged automatically.
This plugin is a technical tool. It does not provide legal advice and cannot guarantee
that your website complies with the GDPR or any other law.
#### WP-CLI
* `wp local-fonts-icons flush` deletes all local copies and purges page caches
* `wp local-fonts-icons scan []` checks a page for remaining references
### External services
This plugin works as a download service for files your site already loads from third-
party servers. It contains the host names of these servers only to recognize their
URLs in your pages and replace them with local copies. Visitors’ browsers never
request anything from these servers because of this plugin; that is what the plugin
prevents. No account is needed for any of the services.
Your server contacts a service only when one of your pages references a file from
it: once per file, on the first page view after the file appears on your site, after
the cache is cleared, or when you use “Check page”. Each request sends the URL of
the requested file, your server’s IP address, a browser user agent string and your
site’s address as referrer (Font Awesome Pro and Kits only deliver files to registered
domains). No data about your visitors is sent.
**Google Fonts** (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com), provided by Google LLC:
used to download the Google Fonts stylesheets and font files your pages use. The
Web Font Loader on ajax.googleapis.com is never contacted; the plugin uses its bundled
copy instead.
[Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms), [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
**Font Awesome** (use.fontawesome.com, pro.fontawesome.com, kit.fontawesome.com,
ka-f.fontawesome.com), provided by Fonticons, Inc.: used to download the Font Awesome
stylesheets and fonts your pages use, and to read the version of a Font Awesome
Kit.
[Terms of Service](https://fontawesome.com/tos), [Privacy Policy](https://fontawesome.com/privacy)
**jsDelivr** (cdn.jsdelivr.net; BootstrapCDN at maxcdn, stackpath and netdna.bootstrapcdn.
com is served by jsDelivr): used to download Font Awesome files your pages load
from jsDelivr or BootstrapCDN, and the Font Awesome Free files that replace a Font
Awesome Kit.
[Terms of Service](https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms), [Privacy Policy](https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net)
**cdnjs** (cdnjs.cloudflare.com), provided by Cloudflare, Inc.: used to download
Font Awesome files your pages load from cdnjs.
[Terms of Service](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/),
[Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/)
You can switch off Google Fonts or Font Awesome handling separately in the settings;
the plugin then doesn’t contact that service.
### Bundled libraries
* [Web Font Loader](https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader) 1.6.28 by Adobe Systems
and Google, Apache License 2.0, in `assets/vendor/webfontloader/` (minified as
published; source code at the link). Used instead of the copy on Google’s CDN
when a page loads Google Fonts through the Web Font Loader.
## Installation
1. Upload the plugin through _Plugins Add New_ or copy the `knuspermedia-local-fonts-
icons` folder to `wp-content/plugins/`.
2. Activate the plugin. If you use OMGF, deactivate it, so the two plugins don’t interfere.
3. Visit your site once, then go to _Settings Local Fonts & Icons_ and use “Check
page”.
4. Clear your page cache if your cache plugin isn’t purged automatically.
## FAQ
### Does it work with page builders like Divi or Elementor?
Yes. Fonts the builder adds to the page are localized, and fonts its scripts add
later in the browser are blocked by the JavaScript guard. The plugin doesn’t run
inside the builder’s editor preview.
### What happens to Font Awesome’s JavaScript version?
The script (e.g. `js/all.min.js`) is replaced by the stylesheet of the same release(`
css/all.min.css`). Icons look the same; features that only exist in the SVG version,
such as layers, masking and power transforms, are not available. A script enqueued
through WordPress is replaced right away, a script tag that a theme prints directly
from the next page view on; common page caches are purged once at that moment, so
the first view isn’t kept.
### What about Font Awesome Kits and Pro?
A kit that is enqueued through WordPress is replaced right away. A kit whose script
tag a theme prints directly is removed and replaced from the next page view on.
Kits are replaced by Font Awesome Free, so Pro icons and custom kit icons are missing;
bundle the Pro files with your theme instead. Pro stylesheets loaded from pro.fontawesome.
com are mirrored if your domain is allowed in your Font Awesome account.
### Does it cover the login page?
Yes, for stylesheets and scripts enqueued through WordPress. The login page is not
a template, so WordPress doesn’t buffer it and files that a plugin prints directly
there stay untouched.
### Does it handle Google Maps, reCAPTCHA or YouTube?
No. Only fonts and icons are handled. Other Google services need consent from your
visitors, e.g. through a cookie consent tool. Fonts that Google Maps adds in the
browser are blocked by the JavaScript guard.
### How can I see a page without the plugin?
Append `?nowpdf` to the URL.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ knuspermedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knuspermedia/)
[Translate “knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/)
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## Changelog
#### 1.4.0
* Requires WordPress 6.9: pages are rewritten through the template enhancement
output buffer of WordPress instead of an own output buffer.
* On the login page, enqueued stylesheets are replaced directly.
* Stylesheets are located through the WordPress functions for themes, plugins and
uploads, which also works when these are on their own host.
#### 1.3.0
* JavaScript is never stored: Font Awesome’s JavaScript is replaced by its stylesheet,
the Web Font Loader is bundled with the plugin.
* SVG files are no longer stored.
* Local copies are stored in uploads/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons.
* When a Font Awesome script printed by the theme is removed for the first time,
page caches are purged once, so the page without its replacement stylesheet isn’t
kept in the cache.
#### 1.2.0
* Renamed to knuspermedia Local Fonts & Icons.
* Font Awesome Kits are replaced through wp_enqueue_style, the JavaScript guard
is added through wp_add_inline_script.
* Translations come from translate.wordpress.org instead of bundled files.
* Removed support for Font Awesome from unpkg.
#### 1.1.0
* Admin interface in English and translatable.
#### 1.0.2
* The JavaScript guard also blocks fonts that are inserted as HTML strings (e.g.
Divi sticky elements).
#### 1.0.1
* Local file paths no longer contain third-party host names.
#### 1.0.0
* First release.
## Meta
* Version **1.4.0**
* Last updated **20 hours ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.4**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [dsgvo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dsgvo/)[Font Awesome](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/font-awesome/)
[GDPR](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gdpr/)[google fonts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-fonts/)
[local fonts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/local-fonts/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knuspermedia-local-fonts-icons/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ knuspermedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knuspermedia/)
## Support
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