Best head plugins for WordPress
The most popular head plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Header and Footer Scripts leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Head & Footer Code (100K+) and Scripts To Footer (7K+). All 34 plugins tagged “head” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 head plugins
- 1.
Header and Footer ScriptsThe most installed head plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 58 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.Head & Footer Code
100K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 51 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Scripts To Footer
7K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 37 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 4.wp_head() cleaner
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection)
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 6.Tags to Keywords
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.Force jQuery in Head
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 days ago.
- 8.
Fix missing property app_id100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 9.Average Head & Footer Code
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.Hide Generator Meta Tag
90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 34 plugins tagged “head”

Header and Footer Scripts
Down in the last 7 days:1#247by Anand Kumar9 months ago
Header and Footer Scripts plugin allows you to add scripts to WordPress site's and just before closing tag.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.6(58)
- Downloads
- 449/day
Head & Footer Code
Down in the last 7 days:2#305by Aleksandar Urošević2 months ago
Easy add site-wide, category and article specific custom code before the closing </head> and </body>, or after opening <body> tag.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 5.0(51)
- Downloads
- 608/day
Scripts To Footer
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,588by Joshua David Nelson6 days ago
Move your scripts to the footer to help speed up perceived page load times and improve user experience.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(37)
- Downloads
- 46/day
wp_head() cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,447by jwilsson2 months ago
Remove unused tags from wp_head() output.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection)
Down in the last 7 days:29#4,740by farinspace16 years ago
HiFi is a head and foot injection plugin. It allows you to inject code into the head and foot areas of your posts and pages on a per-page basis.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tags to Keywords
Down in the last 7 days:24#11,154by CheGevara295 months ago
Add tags in head of page as meta's keywords
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force jQuery in Head
Down in the last 7 days:580#13,225by Jagdish Sarma3 days ago
Load jQuery in the head, choose its source, and add custom scripts to the header, footer, specific pages or via shortcode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Fix missing property app_id
Down in the last 7 days:79#14,861by iliasvlachos13 years ago
This plugin inserts the fb:app_id meta property to fix the Facebook Sharing Debugger error «The following required properties are missing: fb:app_id»
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Average Head & Footer Code
Up in the last 7 days:44#16,495by average.technology12 years ago
Easily add code to your head and/or footer, site-wide and/or on any individual page/post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Generator Meta Tag
Up in the last 7 days:161#16,910by zafrira14 years ago
Hides the wordpress generator meta tag from the HEAD section of your blog view source.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:34#17,874by Andy Whalen10 years ago
WP Hooks allows you to add JavaScript, CSS, meta tags, etc. to your header and footer without modifying your theme.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GTM Code Visibility
Down in the last 7 days:270#19,936by Off Site Services4 months ago
Easily add Google Tag Manager code to your site and use it only when site is switched to "Search Engine Visibility".
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Head Trimmer
Up in the last 7 days:299#25,709by John Dalesandro4 months ago
Selectively remove WordPress version information, feeds, shortlinks, emoji support, scripts, styles, and other automatically generated extras from the …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPtimize
Down in the last 7 days:78#25,774by Yossi Aharon9 years ago
This plugin will cleanup and optimize your WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Capo
Down in the last 7 days:12#26,075by Rick Viscomi2 months ago
Automatically reorders the HTML head of your WordPress pages for optimal browser rendering performance using the Capo.js methodology.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Clean
Down in the last 7 days:515#26,793by Artem Sannikov3 years ago
Плагин WP-Clean предоставляет большое количество функций для оптимизации, безопасности и удаления лишних файлов (кода) в WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Head Footer
Down in the last 7 days:531#27,486by Francesco Taurino3 years ago
WP Head Footer allows you to easily add custom code to the header and/or footer of any post, page, or custom post type on your WordPress site without …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove Version Number
Down in the last 7 days:109#30,126by David Green7 years ago
A simple plugin that will remove the WordPress version number from all areas of your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unload & Remove (Emojis, Embed, Head Details)
Down in the last 7 days:744#33,687by Stefan Krone10 years ago
Unload & Remove Wordpress Functions (Emojis, Emded and Meta Details in Headarea)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Insert verification and analytics code
#35,427by Sanjeev Kumar4 years ago
This plugin allows you to add insert analytics code or site verification code without edit the header file.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GA Code Visibility
Up in the last 7 days:7,941#37,023by Off Site Services4 months ago
Easily add Google Analytics code to your head and use it only when site is switched to "Search Engine Visibility".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add HTML, JavaScript and CSS to <head>
Up in the last 7 days:302#37,267by Rob Bakker8 years ago
A simple, small, free and fast plugin to add/inject HTML, CSS or JavaScript code to the <head> HTML part of your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Header Footer Scripts
Down in the last 7 days:3,948#39,634by Bharat Mandava8 years ago
Very simple Header Footer Scripts plugin with no ads or paid upgrades.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Add Header Scripts
Down in the last 7 days:5,646#45,384by punio11 years ago
WP Add Header Scripts will insert a script that was set between HEAD tag and HEAD tag.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easily Integrate Google Analytics
#46,664by Madhu Kiran10 years ago
This plugin allows you to add Google Analytics of your wordpress blog by hooking into wp_head.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Head Meta Date
Down in the last 7 days:171#48,224by satourne13 years ago
Head Meta Date adds a set of date <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages. This is a fork from http://wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CC-Scripts
#48,510by Clearcode8 years ago
Add custom JavaScript code to all your WordPress pages at once via the Admin panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lightweight JS Snippet
Up in the last 7 days:3,718#50,487by Jonas Hjalmarsson16 days ago
Add a small inline JavaScript snippet to one or more specific posts or pages, by post ID. No bloat, no front-end editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cruftless
#62,572by Scott Thomason9 years ago
Clean up the cruft in your HTML header in the simplest possible way. Eliminate the bloat and unnecessary resources that WordPress generates into your …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Swaysmart
Down in the last 7 days:5,302#66,175by clearsky10029 years ago
Swaysmart plugin enables you to add swaysmart scripts to WordPress header.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tidy Head Tag
#73,109by Yuki Sugitani2 years ago
This plugin allows you to organize the contents of the head tag that WordPress automatically outputs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day