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Late-Discovered Web Fonts on WordPress

Web font requests are initiated late in the loading waterfall because they are referenced in external CSS files rather than preloaded.

Issue ID: CWV-LATE-FONTS-001Severity: moderateEffort: S

Why this matters

Web font requests are initiated late in the loading waterfall because they are referenced in external CSS files rather than preloaded. This affects load speed, Core Web Vitals, and how many visitors stay long enough to convert.

WordPress fix path

How to fix this on WordPress

Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.

  1. 1Inspect the page and theme output.
  2. 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
  3. 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.

After you fix it

  • Check Network waterfall and confirm fonts load early

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