Head & Footer Code vs Header and Footer Scripts

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Head & Footer Code

by Aleksandar Urošević

Health A91

Header and Footer Scripts

by Anand Kumar

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Head & Footer Code	Header and Footer Scripts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	84/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.76★ ✓	4.44★
Reviews	51	58 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	7mo ago
Downloads · 30d	74.8K ✓	15.7K
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.