Grade A

Header and Footer Scripts

Name: Header and Footer Scripts
Rating: 4.5 (58 reviews)
Author: Anand Kumar

⤓ Download v2.4.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by Anand Kumarupdated 2026-02-01🐴The Workhorse

Simple script injection that leaves a permanent mark after uninstallation.

HealthyGrowing

77/100

This simple tool handles global scripts well but fails to clean up after itself during uninstallation.

Loved24/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

// Add your global header code (wrap in <script> or <style> tags)
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    echo "<!-- your header code here -->\n";
} );

// Add your global footer code
add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
    echo "<!-- your footer code here -->\n";
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also provides a settings UI and per-post/page injection via meta boxes; those require extra code to replicate.

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Active installs

~250,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+

→ on track for 300k+in ~9 months

Rating

4.6★

58 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+27%

Growing fast

455 → 580 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +27% in the last year

455/day a year ago→580/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Header and Footer Scripts is regarded as a simple, no-frills tool for injecting global scripts, but it has notable gaps around per-page footer script support, no save confirmation feedback, potential cleanup issues on uninstall, and questions about ongoing maintenance.

What people like

+Simple, easy-to-use interface for adding header and footer scripts globally×7
+Works reliably for its core purpose across multiple sites×4
+Supports per-page/post header script injection
+Suitable for use cases like JSON-LD structured data

Common complaints

−Cannot add footer scripts to individual pages or posts, only header scripts×2
−No save confirmation or validation feedback after saving scripts
−Plugin leaves injected code in place after uninstallation if scripts are not manually deleted first, causing hard-to-trace errors
−Security concern raised: one user reported unwanted ad injections appearing after installing the plugin
−Plugin has not been updated in over 2 years, raising questions about active maintenance and support

Review trustReviews look organic

4.52★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 58 total

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Latest reviews · 58 analyzed

2026-03-01★★★★★It's okay… SAVE validation missing Yume
2026-02-01★★★★★Excellent plugin leaderotmane
2025-07-20★★★★★Saved my bacon DB
2024-03-31★★★★★Very Good weegleshops
2023-09-29★★★★★Very Helpful Rizwan Ahmed
2023-01-20★★★★★Very useful plugin shashwathi
2022-07-07★★★★★Does the job but not secure Darko
2022-02-20★★★★★Great Plugin – Still Active if there is a Problem?Wsan1
2022-02-03★★★★★Does what it says erben3510
2021-08-27★★★★★Can't add footer script to individual posts Indell

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-02-01v2.4.2
2026-01-30v2.4.1
2026-01-19v2.3.0
2025-01-12v2.2.2
2020-04-26v2.2.1
2019-07-02v2.1.0
2019-07-02v2.1.1
2018-01-08v2.0.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

568

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

519

Prior 7-day baseline

415

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

850

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+9.4%

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.

20%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.37

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

83%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.55 → 4.52★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered