Best HTML head plugins for WordPress
The most popular HTML head plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fix missing property app_id leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of CC-Clean-Head-Tags (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “html head” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 HTML head plugins
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Fix missing property app_idThe most installed HTML head plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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CC-Clean-Head-Tags20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 2 plugins tagged “html head”

Fix missing property app_id
Down in the last 7 days:147#14,913by 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

CC-Clean-Head-Tags
Up in the last 7 days:232#27,342by Clearcode4 years ago
This plugin removes unnecessary html tags from the head section as well as version numbers from style/script links.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day