Grade B

Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer

Name: Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer
Rating: 4.7 (53 reviews)
Author: yydevelopment

⤓ Download v3.6.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by yydevelopmentupdated 2026-05-22🌿The Dependable Sort

Simple script injection that occasionally breaks your site and haunts your dashboard.

HealthyDeclining

73/100

Users love the simplicity but fear site breakage and undismissable dashboard notices.

Loved24/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

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 code to the <head> section
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    ?>
    <!-- Your head code here, e.g. Google Analytics / GTM snippet -->
    <?php
} );

// Add your code immediately after <body> opens
add_action( 'wp_body_open', function () {
    ?>
    <!-- Your body-open code here, e.g. GTM noscript tag -->
    <?php
} );

// Add your code just before </body>
add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
    ?>
    <!-- Your footer code here, e.g. Facebook Pixel, chat widget -->
    <?php
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also supports per-page and per-role exclusions, lazy loading, and multiple code blocks per section, which this snippet does not replicate.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

Rating

4.7★

53 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-18%

Declining

73 → 60 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time

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

Declining · -18% in the last year

73/day a year ago→60/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer is a well-liked, lightweight plugin praised for its simplicity in injecting scripts, but it carries real concerns around PHP compatibility, site-breaking incidents, and an undismissable admin notice.

What people like

+Simple and quick to use — users with no coding background can add header/body/footer scripts in minutes×8
+Reliably does its core job of injecting scripts (e.g. Google Tag Manager) without fuss×6
+Confirmed working on modern WordPress and PHP versions by at least one user (WordPress 6.1 / PHP 8.1)

Common complaints

−Reported incompatibility with PHP versions beyond 7.4, causing site breakage
−Plugin broke a live website after a week of use, requiring removal to restore the site
−Admin notice in the WordPress dashboard cannot be dismissed, which at least one user finds unacceptable
−Long gap between updates raises concerns about ongoing maintenance

Review trustReviews look organic

4.70★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
13%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 · 53 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 53 analyzed

2026-02-25★★★★★Great Plugin eagle4web
2025-08-14★★★★★Works and simple Levi
2025-08-13★★★★★Cream of the crop plugin pennypacker7368
2025-04-08★★★★★Very Reliable ilaos
2025-02-03★★★★★Well done!pedrobelasco1-shot
2025-01-24★★★★★Just works!beckymc
2025-01-17★★★★★Deluxe artdivi
2024-12-04★★★★★Very useful Paola Zorro
2024-04-29★★★★★Works well and does exactly what it claims to do!Jeff
2024-02-22★★★★★ADMIN NOTICES WON'T GO AWAY michaelfischerat

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-22v3.6.2
2025-12-10v3.5.1
2025-12-10v3.6.1
2024-03-21v3.5.0
2024-03-20v3.4.1
2024-01-09v3.4.0
2023-10-17v3.2.0
2023-10-17v3.3.0

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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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-1.6%

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.

21%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.93

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

91%

5★ share in analyzed sample

13%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.74 → 4.70★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered