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Divi is a great WordPress page builder theme/plugin for a lot of reasons. But adding custom fonts can be a little tricky, especially if you're getting the “Sorry, this filetype is not permitted for security reasons” error when you try to upload a custom font to Divi. But the good news is, there's a fix, and it's pretty easy. So here's how to add custom fonts to Divi.

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If you're anything like me, you love a good custom font. I'm constantly buying them on Creative Market (and then rarely actually using them).

But then it comes time to actually get them onto our website. It can seem like you need to be a tech genius to add fonts to WordPress, even in the Divi theme.

It definitely is possible to do it with Divi, you've just got to do a little workaround.

Uploading a custom font in Divi

So, first we're going to try to upload a custom font and see whether we get the dreaded “security reasons error” (if we do, the next section will show you exactly how to solve it).

Go into the Divi WordPress builder on any page that has some text on it (or create a new page and add some text, doesn't matter how much).

Go into the settings for the text block (click the gear icon), click on Design, and then go into the font settings.

When you click to open the list of Divi fonts, you'll see that near the top of that list is an “Upload” button. Like this:

Click the upload button, name your font, select its weight, and then upload the font file.

Note: The font must be in either TTF or OTF form. If it's not, use Google font converters (like this one) and you can easily change it.

Now, Divi tells us that TTF and OTF file type should work fine.

But at a lot of times, when you try to upload a custom font, Divi will give you an error message that says: “Sorry, this filetype is not permitted for security reasons.”

Why? I don't know, it doesn't really make sense. But it happens a lot.

So, if you don't get this message and your font uploaded just fine, then congratulations, you're done! Your custom font will now work on Divi and on your WordPress site.

If you did get that error message, then keep reading.

Using the Mime Types Plus Plugin to fix the “security reasons” error

If you got the “security reasons” error message on Divi when you tried to upload a custom font to WordPress, then you need to install a plugin to work around it. But don't worry because it's free and easy.

Download and install the Mime Types Plus plugin.

Go into the settings for the plugin, and you'll see a screen that looks like this:

Now we just need to fill out these fields.

• For “Extension,” type either “ttf” or “otf” (depending on what file type your font is in).
• For “Mime Type,” type either “font/ttf” or “font/otf” (again, depending on your file type).
• And for “File Type,” select “Document.”

Then click “Add” and you're done.

Go back to the Divi custom font uploader

Now it's time to go back to the same Divi custom font uploader that we tried before.

Follow the same process that I outlined above.

But this time, you should be error message free!

Now that your custom font is uploaded, it will appear in the fonts menu and you can use it just like any other font on Divi!

Just like that you've got a WordPress custom font to help make your blog feel more you!

So, that's how to use a custom font with Divi and avoid the “security reasons” error message.

Let me know in the comments if it worked for you!

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