Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Custom Fonts – Host Your Fonts Locally
Active installs400,000+ rounded
Current authorBrainstorm Force
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release14 days ago 24 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record46
Rating4.3 /5 · 62
Added to directory12 Aug 2017
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Brainstorm Force throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikschavan | 10 | 12 Aug 2017 | 04 Jul 2019 |
| brainstormworg | 35 | 03 Oct 2019 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| patilvikasj | 1 | 12 Jul 2023 | 12 Jul 2023 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 400,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
664 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 16% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 1,783/day07 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,016 | 1,198 | 751 | 872 | 430 | 623 | 816 | 0 | 1,783 | 787 | 0 | 730 | 529 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (62) · active installs (400,000+) · version (2.1.17) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9 years ago 12 Aug 2017
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Aug 2026, 14 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 33 other plugins, 33 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 24 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 2.1.17 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 01 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 2.1.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 13 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 2.1.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 14 May 202516 months agoVersion 2.1.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 14 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 2.1.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 26 Mar 202517 months agoVersion 2.1.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 28 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 2.1.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 21 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.1.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 21 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.1.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 13 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 07 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 2.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 16 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 2.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 22 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 2.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brainstormworg.
- 12 Aug 20179 years ago33 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Aug 2017 and 02 Apr 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 12 Aug 20179 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Brainstorm Force for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 14 days ago (24 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 400,000+ active installs.
- It carries 62 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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