CM Header and Footer – Add custom scripts and styles to your header and footer with ease
by CreativeMindsSolutions · Uncategorized
Also makes 18 other plugins · 19.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add custom CSS and JavaScript to headers and footers on your site with the header and footer plugin for enhanced control and design.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.1K estimated
Momentum
+118%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom css”, “header” and “insert html” for “pre loader”, “custom script” and “header and footer”. “custom css” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pre loader” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “header” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “custom script” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “insert html” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “header and footer” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 48.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 20 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| micropayment | #2 | #7 | up 1 |
| micropayments | #2 | #7 | up 1 |
| pre loader | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| header and footer | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| insert javascript your tag | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| custom script | #8 | #23 | down 2 |
| footer your tag | #17 | #22 | up 1 |
| header and footer script | #6 | #20 | 0 |
| insert html your tag | #18 | #22 | down 1 |
| script | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| cms | #10 | #24 | down 1 |
| scripts | #20 | #23 | down 3 |
| header and footer scripts | #7 | #20 | 0 |
| footer design | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| loader | #12 | #20 | down 1 |
| styles | #22 | #22 | up 1 |
| header footer scripts | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| header footer script | #8 | #19 | 0 |
| header your tag | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| header scripts | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| custom css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
88 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 49 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom css”, “header” and “insert html” for “pre loader”, “custom script” and “header and footer”. “custom css” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pre loader” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “header” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “custom script” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “insert html” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “header and footer” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “insert javascript”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
20d ago
latest release · v1.3.2 · 13 Oct 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 1K.
Install history since 9 Dec 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.3.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 CM Header and Footer <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-03 CVE-2025-31091 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.4 Patched in 1.2.5
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via cminds_free_guide Shortcode ↗2024-11-25 CVE-2024-11202 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.1 Patched in 1.2.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add custom CSS and JavaScript to headers and footers on your site with the header and footer plugin for enh..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,981 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "insert HTML", "insert javascript" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 1K+ → 900+ down after 263 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 800+ → 1K+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 900+ → 800+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 1K+ → 900+ down after 2092 days in tier
- 2019-11-18 200+ → 1K+ up after 1354 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Insert Headers And Footers 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Header Footer Code Manager 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Head, Footer and Post Injections 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Header and Footer Scripts 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - S SOGO Add Script to Individual Pages Header Footer 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simple Header Footer HTML 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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