Best header plugins for WordPress
The most popular header plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPCode leads with 3M+ active installs, ahead of Header Footer Code Manager (600K+) and Insert Headers And Footers (200K+). All 145 plugins tagged “header” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 header plugins
- 1.
WPCodeThe most installed header plugin, with 3M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,920 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Header Footer Code Manager600K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 309 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Insert Headers And Footers200K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 135 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Head, Footer and Post Injections200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 735 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Header and Footer Scripts200K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 58 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.Slim SEO
70K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 136 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 7.Oceanwp sticky header
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 24 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.
Pearl5K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 13 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Simple Header Footer HTML4K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 10.
SMNTCS Custom Logo Link2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 145 plugins tagged “header”

WPCode
#19by Syed Balkhi10 days ago
Easily add code snippets in WordPress. Insert header & footer scripts, add PHP code snippets with conditional logic, insert ads pixel code, and more.
- Installs
- 3M+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.9K)
- Downloads
- 48K/day

Header Footer Code Manager
#105by DraftPress Team3 months ago
Easily add tracking code snippets, conversion pixels, or other scripts required by third party services for analytics, marketing, or chat features.
- Installs
- 600K+
- Rating
- 4.9(309)
- Downloads
- 1.6K/day

Insert Headers And Footers
Down in the last 7 days:1#205by Adnan20 days ago
Include inline javascript, stylesheets, CSS code or anything you want in Header and Footer areas of your WordPress with ease.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 5.0(135)
- Downloads
- 2.1K/day

Head, Footer and Post Injections
#211by Stefano Lissa7 months ago
Head and Footer plugin lets you to add HTML code to the head and footer sections of your site pages, inside posts... and more!
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(735)
- Downloads
- 667/day

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
Slim SEO
Up in the last 7 days:2#582by Anh Tran3 days ago
An AI SEO plugin for WordPress that's lightweight and fast. Automatically generates meta tags, sitemaps, schemas and more with no bloat.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.7(136)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Oceanwp sticky header
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,006by קידום ובניית אתרים5 years ago
Easy Sticky header installation
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(24)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Pearl
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,102by Stylemix1 year ago
Pearl Header Builder gives you complete freedom to compose a header that perfectly suits your site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.3(13)
- Downloads
- 26/day

Simple Header Footer HTML
#3,466by Otto Kekäläinen6 years ago
A simple plugin for injecting HTML into various places in your WordPress theme output.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 16/day

SMNTCS Custom Logo Link
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,207by Niels Lange1 month ago
Points the site logo and site title to any URL you choose instead of the home page, in classic and block themes.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Remove WordPress Overhead
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,477by omnisite2 years ago
Remove overhead from the HTML, speed up your website and disable widgets you don't use
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Parallax Scroll by adamrob.co.uk
Up in the last 7 days:12#5,553by adamrob7 years ago
Create a header, or custom post/page with a scrolling parallax background. All with a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day

CM Header and Footer
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,158by CreativeMindsSolutions26 days ago
Add custom CSS and JavaScript to headers and footers on your site with the header and footer plugin for enhanced control and design.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 27/day

Header Footer Script Adder
Down in the last 7 days:35#6,418by mahethekiller3 months ago
Easily insert custom HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into your WordPress site's header, body, and footer without modifying theme files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Sticky Header by ThematoSoup
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,489by Slobodan Manić9 years ago
Sticky Header by ThematoSoup allows you to add sticky header to any WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(31)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Stick My Header for Astra
Up in the last 7 days:27#6,786by Samir IHADDADENE6 months ago
Improve your website's header design and make it stick to the top once Stick My Header For Astra is activated.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Validate Audio Attribution
Up in the last 7 days:30#6,985by Pattison Media5 months ago
Conversion tracking for audio campaigns, which use the Validate attribution platform.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

Simple Sticky Header on Scroll
Up in the last 7 days:10#7,356by BonfireThemes4 years ago
Add the modern functionality of a sticky header that appears on scroll to your theme.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Top-Bar CodeBulls
Up in the last 7 days:15#7,835by Jose Miguel Vega4 years ago
The easiest way to add a top bar to your site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Sticky Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:41#8,179by Bhumi22 days ago
Free Sticky Header for Elementor. Features Logo Swap, Shrink Effect, Mobile Sticky Menu, Scroll Blur, and Zero Layout Shift. No Pro Required!
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Header Enhancement
Down in the last 7 days:6#8,606by Catch Plugins5 months ago
Header Enhancement allows you to add an expressive custom header video on your website with features like mobile compatibility and sound effects.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Visual Header
Up in the last 7 days:60#9,643by dastan8001 year ago
Visual Header Builder for WordPress
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smart JavaScript Auto Loader
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,026by Peter Raschendorfer2 years ago
Load JavaScript files without coding
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Anchor Header
Down in the last 7 days:21#10,042by Per Søderlind2 months ago
WP Anchor Header generates anchored headings.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Custom Login
Down in the last 7 days:10#11,118by Ninos10 years ago
Requires at least: 3.2.1 Tested up to: 4.6 Stable tag: 1.4.9 Adding the header and footer to your login page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WPML flag in menu Extended
Down in the last 7 days:33#11,517by johanvandemerwe10 years ago
Shows flags of WPML translated content in selected menu's
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dynamic Header & Navigation for Block Themes
Up in the last 7 days:129#11,832by Hans-Gerd Gerhards11 days ago
Animated shrinking header, responsive shrinking logo, custom breakpoints and off-canvas navigation – navigation solution for block themes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Awesome Sticky Header by DevCanyon
Up in the last 7 days:77#11,871by Marko Jakic11 years ago
Get maximum control over your sticky header. Set your menu, your colors, backgrounds or transparency, your logo and much more!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.6(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

NinjaTeam Header Footer Custom Code
Down in the last 7 days:70#11,977by Ninja Team2 months ago
Help you easy to insert CSS and JavaScript codes to or before .
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Genesis Featured Image Header
Up in the last 7 days:366#13,168by AMP-MODE2 years ago
Easily add a featured image to the header of every page on your site including Custom Post Type archive pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/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

Header Builder for Elementor by WPDaddy
Up in the last 7 days:49#13,271by WP Daddy6 years ago
WPDaddy header builder was developed for Elementor page builder.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just the Page
Up in the last 7 days:59#13,470by Ben Balter14 years ago
Displays page content with no additional formatting (e.g., no header, footer, etc.). Useful for publishing stand-alone HTML (such as invitations) with …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Search Placeholder Avada
Down in the last 7 days:36#13,639by mark l chaves3 years ago
Customise the search box placeholder text for the Avada theme.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sticky Header
Down in the last 7 days:87#13,648by mndpsingh28710 years ago
Sticky headers plugin adds sticky or fixed header to your site with custom settings.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Easy Header Footer
Down in the last 7 days:51#14,705by Sayan Datta7 years ago
It is a very lightweight plugin for customizing WordPress header, add custom code and enable, disable or remove the unwanted meta tags and links from …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Sticky Menu
Down in the last 7 days:82#14,959by newbiesup10 years ago
A flexible and responsive menu management plugin, not just normal sticky menu. Compatible with any WordPress theme
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Header Code
Down in the last 7 days:70#15,074by Gaiaz Iusipov2 years ago
Simplest plugin that injects any code into wp_head().
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Header Customizer Lite
Up in the last 7 days:48#15,416by Marko Jakic10 years ago
Customize your header using WordPress Customizer API! Now you can live preview your changes while editing header options.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPML flag in menu
Down in the last 7 days:58#15,550by ramon fincken4 years ago
Shows translated flags (for every language except current viewing lang) in the default or wp_nav_menu at last position
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tagline Rotator
Up in the last 7 days:41#15,778by vhauri15 years ago
Tagline Rotator plugin randomly selects a tagline from a list of user-entered taglines.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Language Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:13#15,851by bjoerne9 years ago
Redirects from the root site of a multisite project to a language specific network site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sticky on Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:69#17,114by Latif Pala7 months ago
You can pick any element that you want to stick on top of the page when you scroll down. It can be used for navigation menus or any element that you w …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HeadFoot
Up in the last 7 days:4,901#17,331by Michael9 days ago
Build a header and a footer with the free version of Elementor and choose where they show.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day

Hide and Seek Header
#17,513by mark l chaves3 years ago
Hide and Seek Header hides the site header on down scroll events for the Avada theme.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Javascript Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:185#17,763by Ray Waheed10 years ago
Simple and lightweight plugin for inserting custom javascript code for specific posts or pages.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Status Bar Color Changer For Android
Down in the last 7 days:48#17,977by Jyothis Joy5 years ago
Status Bar Color Changer For Android changes the color of notification bar and address bar in Android while visiting via chrome.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Display Category Image For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:110#18,273by Rajdip Sinha Roy6 years ago
Display Category Image on Product Category Archives.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Header and Footer
Up in the last 7 days:429#18,717by Alberto Reineri1 month ago
Insert code in your site's header and footer. Ideal for Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel and other tracking scripts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ZD Header Tags
Up in the last 7 days:35#19,085by Proloy Chakroborty17 years ago
Put tags in between
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day