Best header footer plugins for WordPress
The most popular header footer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FluentSnippets leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Woody Code Snippets (50K+) and Theme Builder For Elementor & Starter Templates (2K+). All 10 plugins tagged “header footer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 header footer plugins
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FluentSnippetsThe most installed header footer plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 79 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Woody Code Snippets50K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 221 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Theme Builder For Elementor & Starter Templates2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 20 hours ago.
- 4.
The Pack Elementor addon2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Header Footer Custom Html1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
AdX Ad Inserter80+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 7.
Themofy Addons for Elementor20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
- 8.
UXD Widgets for Elementor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
Apex Addons for ElementorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
MetricPage BuilderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “header footer”
FluentSnippets
Up in the last 7 days:1#702by WPManageNinja17 days ago
Fast, file-based code snippets plugin. Insert header & footer scripts and add PHP, CSS, JS & HTML snippets with conditional logic. Zero DB queries.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(79)
- Downloads
- 822/day
Woody Code Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:1#710by Themeisle17 days ago
Insert PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, ads & tracking code into WordPress headers, footers, pages & content with conditional logic — no theme editing.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.5(221)
- Downloads
- 638/day
Theme Builder For Elementor & Starter Templates
Down in the last 7 days:30#4,573by BlocksWPtoday
Free Theme Builder For Elementor – header, footer, posts and archives, plus starter templates and whole websites to import. No Elementor Pro needed.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day
The Pack Elementor addon
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,706by webangon5 months ago
110+ innovative elements and extensions will improve your Elementor page creation experience. Utilize our simple-to-use elements to give your page bui …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Header Footer Custom Html
Down in the last 7 days:42#6,896by enweby3 months ago
All in one light-weight plugin to add custom html, sticky html, custom css, or custom javascript in header and footer in any page/post or all pages/po …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AdX Ad Inserter
Up in the last 7 days:81#17,421by Monetiscope28 days ago
Insert Google AdX, Ad Manager, AdSense, popup, rewarded, side rails, and in-content ads. Features an ads.txt editor and centralized GPT manager.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Themofy Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:3#25,903by themofy1 day ago
Theme builder, form and checkout builders, custom and Google fonts, gallery, marquee, 55 widgets and 50+ dynamic tags for free Elementor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 34/day
UXD Widgets for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:2,209#33,390by UX Design Experts10 days ago
Free Elementor theme builder for custom headers, footers, and archive templates, plus 25+ useful widgets. No Elementor Pro required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Apex Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:10,080#62,852by arhamashfaq3 months ago
Build interactive Elementor pages with local icon libraries, motion widgets, forms, carousels, scroll effects, and a theme builder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MetricPage Builder
#74,042by Yujesh K C3 days ago
Fast, lightweight page builder with server-side rendering. Build pages, headers, footers and single post templates with clean HTML and no bloat.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day