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Web Fonts Missing font-display: swap on WordPress
Web fonts do not use font-display: swap, causing invisible text (FOIT) while fonts load. Users may see a blank page until fonts are ready.
Issue ID: CWV-FONT-DISPLAY-001Severity: minorEffort: S
Why this matters
Web fonts do not use font-display: swap, causing invisible text (FOIT) while fonts load. Users may see a blank page until fonts are ready. This affects load speed, Core Web Vitals, and how many visitors stay long enough to convert.
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How to fix this on WordPress
Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.
- 1Inspect the page and theme output.
- 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
- 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.
After you fix it
- ✓Confirm all @font-face rules include font-display: swap
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Fix web fonts missing font-display: swap on a different CMS
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