Hundreds of fonts loaded via wp-fonts-local action on front-end and dashboard

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  rghedin · Member · Nov 9, 2023 at 11:39 am

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  Maybe a bug, I really don’t know. After updating to 6.4, WordPress started loading hundreds (+600) fonts on front and back-end via wp-fonts-local action. They load all those fonts on header, using @font-face styling tags.

  I managed to avoid this craziness on front-end with this code in functions.php:

  remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_print_font_faces', 50 );

  However, it still loads all those fonts on back-end/admin dashboard.

  Anyone else having this issue? It started with 6.4 and the issue remains on 6.4.1. I’m on Business plan. I left my staging site without the fix to show what’s happening: https://staging-02d9-rghedin.wpcomstaging.com

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  staartmees · Member · Nov 9, 2023 at 12:28 pm

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  That’s not a bug. Local hosted fonts speed up your site but most important, it makes your site compliant to European privacy laws. You find info at https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-host-local-fonts-in-wordpress-for-a-faster-website/

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  rghedin · Member · Nov 9, 2023 at 12:38 pm

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  I agree. The problem is: my site and template don’t have any use or font loaded by themselves, let alone +600 of them.

  My problem is why, all of sudden, WordPress started loading +600 custom fonts in an inline style with wp-fonts-local class. I want zero custom fonts loading, as it was until two days ago and is supposed to be.

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  staartmees · Member · Nov 10, 2023 at 10:09 am

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  WordPress loads those fonts locally to be compliant to European privacy laws. You wouldn’t be the first to have to pay a fine. You find some more info at https://www.cookieyes.com/documentation/features/google-fonts-and-gdpr/

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  rghedin · Member · Nov 10, 2023 at 10:15 am

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  You’re misunderstanding me. There is no reason to load +600 on front-end or dashboard when none of them is being used. That’s my case.

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  jeherve · Staff · Nov 16, 2023 at 9:56 am

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  Thanks for the report! This has come to our attention via the ticket you opened on Trac. We’re now tracking the issue in our bug reporting repository, and are working on a fix that will be deployed on your site as soon as we’re done reviewing and testing.

  Sorry for the trouble!