WordPress plugin comparison
Cruftless vs Header and Footer Scripts
Cruftless
by Scott Thomason
Fewer than 10 installs
Header and Footer Scripts
by Anand Kumar
200K+ installs4.6
At a glance
- Header and Footer Scripts has more active installs: 200K+, against fewer than 10 for Cruftless.
- On a typical day, Header and Footer Scripts is downloaded about 444 times, Cruftless about 1.
- Cruftless has no reviews yet.
- Header and Footer Scripts was updated more recently: Feb 1, 2026, against Jul 19, 2017 for Cruftless.
- Header and Footer Scripts is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.8.34 for Cruftless.
- Header and Footer Scripts has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Cruftless.
Line by line
Header and Footer Scripts leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Cruftless | Header and Footer Scripts |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #68,617 | #247 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 200K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 31 | 12.5K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.6(58) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 4.8.34 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.88 |
| Last release | 9 years ago | 9 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 5.6 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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