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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.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 head plugins

  1. 1.
    Header and Footer Scripts

    The 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. 2.
    Head & Footer Code

    100K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 51 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Scripts To Footer

    7K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 37 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  4. 4.
    wp_head() cleaner

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 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. 6.
    Tags to Keywords

    200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Force jQuery in Head

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 days ago.

  8. 8.
    Fix missing property app_id

    100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

  9. 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. 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”