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Connect to Google Fonts early

Tells browsers to connect to Google Fonts straight away, so text in your Google font appears sooner. Only for sites that load Google Fonts.

  • Type HTML
  • Runs Public site, in <head>
  • Category Performance
  • Tested with WordPress 7.1

Before you switch it on: Only switch it on if your site already loads Google Fonts: otherwise it connects every visitor to Google for nothing.

It arrives switched off, even when you install its whole pack with "Switch on after installing".

HTML
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>

Good to know

In the EU, loading fonts from Google shares visitors’ IP addresses with Google. Hosting the fonts yourself avoids that and is usually faster still.

In these packs

  • More speed: More ways to load less: block styles, speculative loading, fewer scripts.

Move your snippets over this afternoon.

Importing changes nothing until you switch over, and your old shortcodes keep working.