Title: OpenSans FTW
Author: George J
Published: <strong>August 18, 2016</strong>
Last modified: August 16, 2018

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# opensans-ftw

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/opensans-ftw/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of November 27, 2025 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00b3e6b66235c2211e3a00a9d57f6eb0d90a35f21b459800e459303268391f9a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thank You!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-1338/)󠁿

 [ssgupta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ssgupta/) May 16, 2017 1 reply

Thank You!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6dc51ced22924f2371c3aef80e63d9778e72fd5aea5e84185b966faf4ec9bec2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[A must-have for WP 4.6+](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-have-for-wp-4-6/)󠁿

 [webmarka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webmarka/) October 1, 2016 1 reply

Thanks for this simple plugin snippet! It brings back joy and happiness using WP
4.6+ backend 🙂

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3883c785e1556331b0fb65fa4fc2735e8a07986c1ba95928eaa9ae26d0bb5136?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[super](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-588/)󠁿

 [glamink](https://profiles.wordpress.org/glamink/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

I’m a fan of minimizing requests, but I also love cross-platform consistency. So
thanks for bringing back OpenSans!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c5103d44273cc1c6e6299c3e33c68523b4af0140631c22d85bfbde7847da2bf?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works like a charm!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-867/)󠁿

 [trdrst](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gekkocorp/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

Thank you very much for this useful plugin! We criticize the choice of founding 
WP Dashboard only on system font, now WP is horrible on macOS! But thanks to your
plugin we have Open Sans again 🙂

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1604d03b9020ece57b6fdac974d9eb73531274a7df08be1279a19d45688f1f96?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[a sight for sore eyes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-sight-for-sore-eyes/)󠁿

 [savalina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/savalina/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

Thanks for this! TL;DR While on Mac OS the San Francisco font is tolerable (although
my eyes are very much used to Open Sans), opening my dashboards on a Windows machine
made me instantly grumpy. This trend with OS-default fonts is the crappiest trend
ever.. This can sometimes be a bad idea even for a native app, yet there are folks
that think this is a good idea for websites/web-based stuff. It’s definitely NOT
good, it’s just lazy, ugly and monotonous. @font-face was created for a reason, 
folks! And what about unified cross-platform user experience? I’m not prepared to
answer to my clients on support threads when they ask me why my dashboard screenshots
look different than it looks to them… Sorry for the long rant, I just had to say
it. Now thanks again for this plugin. Live long and prosper! 🙂

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thank you!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-1133/)󠁿

 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/choegl/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

Thank you so much. Whoever at the Wordpress team had the idea to change to system
default fonts (reminds me of the old times when every website had one of the same
five fonts) should be tarred and feathered. What a $%§&% idea! Salvation thanks 
to your plugin. Now I can relax.

 [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/opensans-ftw/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“OpenSans FTW” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ George J ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgejipa/)

“OpenSans FTW” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/opensans-ftw/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “OpenSans FTW” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/opensans-ftw)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/opensans-ftw/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/opensans-ftw/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/opensans-ftw/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/opensans-ftw/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Languages
 * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/),
   and [Romanian](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/opensans-ftw)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/opensans-ftw/advanced/)