85
Head Meta Data
A tiny veteran that really wants you to upgrade to Pro.
HealthyGrowing
85/100
The plugin provides simple meta tags but requires Pro for advanced SEO features.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
19 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+45%
Growing fast
55 → 80 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +45% in the last year
55/day a year ago→80/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayHead Meta Data is generally praised for its simplicity, ease of use, and lightweight functionality, but at least one user finds it lacking essential metadata features such as per-post tags and social media support.
What people like
- +Easy to use, set up, and simple interface×4
- +Works reliably and does what it promises×3
- +Allows adding custom code to the head of each page
- +Lightweight with a small footprint
- +Helpful for users unfamiliar with theme templates
Common complaints
- −Does not generate title or description meta tags
- −Lacks social media meta tags for Facebook and Twitter
- −Cannot set metadata per individual post or page
- −Adds only a few generic meta tags site-wide
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-08-082026-01-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 19 total
Latest reviews · 19 analyzed
- 2025-07-10★★★★★Very helpful!LSBK
- 2023-05-22★★★★★Topjhoujhou
- 2023-04-16★★★★★page title for home page?Rod Mitchell
- 2023-02-17★★★★★good pluginsIsaac Beneli
- 2022-11-25★★★★★Very goodffghhb
- 2022-05-11★★★★★Greatrobmoerland1-shot
- 2021-09-23★★★★★Great plugin to easily add code to the headazbce
- 2021-07-14★★★★★thank youoceanswardrobe1
- 2020-05-02★★★★★works fineak13350
- 2019-12-31★★★★★So Far So GoodDuke Snoogens
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
67
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
71
Prior 7-day baseline
57
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
315
Mean release-day peak (30d)
67
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-5.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.16
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
95%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.78★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered