Remove Google Fonts from "Under Construction"-Plugin

[ULinn]

Hi there,
as discussed on many places here, the use of google fonts is a bit problem in the EU due to the GDPR regulations.
It’s known for quite a long time, that themeco’s under construction plugin uses google webfonts, without giving the possibility to deactivating this (besides manually editing the plugins code), see here:

Google Fonts on under construction page

I’ve try to deactivate google fonts on the under construction page for the gpdr compliance. But even with the add_filter( 'cs_load_google_fonts', '__return_false' ); it still loads google fonts!!! And font manager with no google font selected won’t work either!

I don’t think it should be a big deal for the developpers to ad a checkbox “use google fonts” to keep this plugin usable for all PRO useres in the EU.

Or more general: There may be no hardcoded google web fonts in any theme.co product, at least if theme.co wants its products used in the EU. And to make it more usable: No google fonts should be set as default in any product, so the web-designer can decide, wether he wants google to track it’s users or not.

Best regards

Uli

[JvP]

I wonder why it’s hardcoded instead of relying on the font manager settings.

In the meantime, try adding this code to your child theme functions.php file:

add_filter(‘cs_google_fonts_uri’, function() {
return ‘//fonts.bunny.net/css’;
});

It will grab the fonts from Bunny Fonts instead of Google.

[marc_a]

Hey @ULinn,

Thanks for reaching out!

I’ll add this issue on our tracker so that it will be taken into action in the future. You may use the suggestion of @JvP.

@JvP Thanks for chiming in, we really appreciate your input.

Cheers!

[ULinn]

Hi JvP, thank you for the link to bunny fonts. They seem to be in the EU, so it’s a good alternative to google fonts.

In general I don’t want to have any data transferred to a third party - if not neccessary. And the font manager is an excellent option to use self hosted web fonts.

[marc_a]

Hey Uli,

I’ve added your concerns in our tracker and in the meantime, you can use the alternative option given by @JvP.

Thank you.

[ULinn]

Thank you!

[marc_a]

Hey @ULinn,

You’re welcome! If you have any other concerns or clarifications regarding our theme features, feel free to open up a new thread.

Thank you.