Use 'local' Fontawesome instead of CDN?

  • Resolved karatemalac

    (@karatemalac)


    11 years ago

    Is it right, if I don’t want to use the CDN but rather a ‘local’ copy of Fontawesome, then I should dequeue styles, and then add my own stylesheet for including a ‘local’ Fontawesome?

    function storm_dequeue_fontawesome(){
    wp_dequeue_style( 'fontawesome' );
    wp_dequeue_style( 'fontawesome-ie' );
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'storm_dequeue_fontawesome', 20 );

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  • Plugin Author Paul Clark

    (@pdclark)

    That should work, but to be sure, use wp_enqueue_scripts instead of wp_print_scripts.

    Alternatively, you can prevent the stylesheets from being enqueued in the first place:

    function msi_dont_enqueue_fontawesome() {
	$menu_social_icons = MSI_Frontend::get_instance();
	remove_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( $menu_social_icons, 'wp_enqueue_scripts' ) );
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'msi_dont_enqueue_fontawesome' );

    Using your local copy of FontAwesome instead of a CDN will have these side-effects:

    1. The file will need to be downloaded by users more often. When using the CDN, if the visitor has ever visited another site using the CDN before, then FontAwesome will already be cached, saving on download time.
    2. When FontAwesome does download, it will take longer to load. The CDN responds to requests faster than a standard web server, because it is optimized for static assets (images, CSS, JS). It will also serve the file from as geographically close to the end user as possible, again speeding up response time.
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