WordPress plugin comparison

Genesis Featured Image Header vs Header and Footer Scripts

Genesis Featured Image Header

by AMP-MODE

100+ installs5.0

Header and Footer Scripts

by Anand Kumar

200K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Header and Footer Scripts has more active installs: 200K+, against 100+ for Genesis Featured Image Header.
On a typical day, Header and Footer Scripts is downloaded about 444 times, Genesis Featured Image Header about 8.
Genesis Featured Image Header is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.6 from 58 reviews.
Header and Footer Scripts was updated more recently: Feb 1, 2026, against Jun 19, 2024 for Genesis Featured Image Header.
Header and Footer Scripts is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.5.14 for Genesis Featured Image Header.
Header and Footer Scripts has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Genesis Featured Image Header.

Header and Footer Scripts leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Genesis Featured Image Header	Header and Footer Scripts
Popular rank	#13,114	#247
Active installs	100+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	135	12K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.6(58)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	6.5.14	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.88
Last release	2 years ago	9 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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