90
Unique Headers
Simple header magic for themes that play by the rules.
HealthyGrowing
90/100
It adds unique header images to pages but lacks image sizing tools.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.9★
160 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+18%
Growing
38 → 45 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 · +18% in the last year
38/day a year ago→45/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayUnique Headers is a well-liked, simple plugin for assigning different header images to individual pages, though it lacks image sizing guidance and has a known compatibility breakage with WordPress 5.7.
What people like
- +Core functionality works as advertised — allows unique header images per page×7
- +Easy to set up and use, even for non-technical users×4
- +Works across a variety of themes without conflicts×3
Common complaints
- −Caused a 500 server error and site crash after updating to WordPress 5.7 (since 5.7)
- −No guidance on recommended image size or aspect ratio, and no built-in cropping or positioning tools, requiring frustrating trial and error
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.92★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 160 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-05-06★★★★★Simply Awesomeitalliance1-shot
- 2023-10-26★★★★★works perfectlySSVapes
- 2022-12-05★★★★★Great job!laserulm
- 2022-10-22★★★★★This plugin changed my lifeJeffrey Whitmore
- 2022-05-31★★★★★Should be a standard function of wordpresssingingfalls
- 2021-06-10★★★★★Does the job, but not easy to use.fureniku1-shot
- 2021-04-05★★★★★Worked until 5.7 Updatelangerent
- 2021-03-24★★★★★Perfectcomueller
- 2021-03-16★★★★★Should have been core since .. ever?Azragh
- 2020-10-26★★★★★Funktioniert super – auch mit WP 5.51levasseurs
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.
137
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
46
Prior 7-day baseline
114
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
139
Mean release-day peak (30d)
131
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+197.8%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.87
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.91 → 4.92★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered