Over time, many Joomla websites accumulate user accounts that were never activated or whose owners have not logged in for months or even years. On membership sites, online stores, or websites with user registration, the number of inactive accounts can quickly grow into the hundreds or even thousands.

Managing these users manually is time-consuming and is therefore often neglected. Fortunately, many of these tasks can be fully automated.

The use of Google Fonts is widespread in Joomla - almost every template loads fonts directly from Google’s servers. This is convenient, but due to several recent court rulings in Germany, it has become a significant GDPR risk. When Google Fonts are loaded externally, the visitor’s IP address is automatically transmitted to Google - without prior consent.

The good news: There is a simple solution that works without any technical knowledge. In this article, I’ll show you why external Google Fonts are problematic and how you can remove them completely using a dedicated Joomla Google Fonts plugin.