Simple Header and Footer vs Head, Footer and Post Injections

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

Simple Header and Footer

by Alberto Reineri

Health D50

Head, Footer and Post Injections

by Stefano Lissa

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Simple Header and Footer Head, Footer and Post Injections

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	Simple Header and Footer	Head, Footer and Post Injections
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+67% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 50	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	16/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.92★ ✓
Reviews	1	735 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	58/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.6y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	61	16.4K ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Simple Header and Footer Head, Footer and Post Injections

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.