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WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager

by Syed Balkhi · Uncategorized

Also makes 95 other plugins · 21.6M+ installs across the portfolio →

Easily add code snippets in WordPress. Insert header & footer scripts, add PHP code snippets with conditional logic, insert ads pixel code, and more.

How scoring works →
86 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 97/100
Support 48/100

86 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

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.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 98/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 33/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-55% vs prior 30d
19.5KDownloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.1M

now · peak 4.3M

1.09M30d downloads · Aug 26

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

WPCode · #19 you Code Snippets · #35 Easy Header Footer · #14592 Simple Custom CSS Pl · #352

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

363per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

8

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v2.3.7

75

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.3.7 · 2mo ago2.3.6 · 3mo ago2.3.5 · 5mo ago2.3.4 · 6mo ago2.3.3 · 7mo ago2.3.2.1 · 8mo ago2.3.2 · 8mo ago2.3.1 · 10mo ago2.3.0 · 1.0y ago2.2.9 · 1.2y ago2.2.8 · 1.3y ago2.2.7 · 1.4y ago2.2.6 · 1.5y ago2.2.5 · 1.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.3 80%
v2.2 10%
Older / other versions 9.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3M+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3M–4M ≈3.5M

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 4M+ in roughly 353 days.

Install history · since 2015-03-15 · 1,471 observations

3MInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
2.3.8
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2012-07-12 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 12 reviews to 2026-07-19
Positive Praise

Reviewers across recent and older reviews call WPCode easy and helpful for organizing custom code, with no complaints in this set.

Recent reviews

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  1. kktheperformer
    1mo ago

    It is been great using it. Thanks guys.

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  2. oodall
    1mo ago

    Easy to use. Great.

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  3. alaa229
    1mo ago

    A great plugin to customize your website safely

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  4. roycooke27
    1mo ago

    I have been using WPCode for a few months now, and I have found it simple to use, and has enabled me to easily add “custom code” to my websites.

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  5. Seelenbar
    2mo ago

    Ich nutzen das Plugin auf meheren meiner Seiten, einmal auf seelenbar.de und einmal auf zen-Reiki.de.Es ist einfach zu bedienen und sehr nützlich. Gegenüber dem normalen Css kann man das Styling gut aufteilen und damit übersichtlich halten.

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  6. ingrelandmarketing
    2mo ago

    Too good!

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  7. sidraayub
    2mo ago

    Great

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  8. amantas67
    2mo ago

    Very good Plug-in I must say

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Latest updates

via official blog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2026-08-24 How To Add Scripts To Specific Pages In WordPress TL;DR: WPCode’s free Smart Conditional Logic panel lets you add a script once and choose exactly which pages, post types, or user roles load it. Build the rule from a dropdown, no PHP conditionals, no
  2. 2026-08-19 How to Show Different Content to Different User Roles in WordPress TL;DR: WPCode’s free Smart Conditional Logic lets you show or hide any snippet by login status, role, or page, right from Code Snippets » Add Snippet. No code required. Combine those conditions to con
  3. 2026-08-07 How to Add a Favicon to WordPress (Choose the Right Method) TL;DR: For a standard favicon, go to Settings » General » Site Icon and upload a square image at least 512×512 pixels. WordPress generates the browser tab, iOS, Android, and Windows tile icons automat
  4. 2026-08-05 How to Track Code Snippet Changes and Revisions in WordPress TL;DR: WPCode’s Code Revisions feature saves a new version of your snippet every time you edit and save it. Open the snippet, click Code Revisions, then compare any old version against the current one
  5. 2026-08-03 WPCode Review: Is It Still the Best WordPress Code Snippets Plugin in 2026? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.9/5 on WordPress.org, 1,800+ ratings, 3,000,000+ active installs) TL;DR: We analyzed WPCode and created a detailed review. WPCode lets you add PHP, HTML, CSS, and JS to WordPress without touc
  6. 2026-07-28 Introducing WPCode 2.3.8: See Your Pixel Events as They Fire, Not After Your Facebook pixel is either working or it isn’t. Right now, you find out from Facebook’s own dashboard, hours later, with no clear way to see what actually happened. Today we’re shipping WPCode 2.3. 2.3.8

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-05-26 CVE-2026-8832 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6
  2. 2023-07-17 CVE-2023-3524 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0.13 Patched in 2.0.13.1
  3. 2023-04-03 CVE-2023-1624 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.0.8 Patched in 2.0.9
  4. 2023-02-09 CVE-2023-0328 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.0.6 Patched in 2.0.7

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 24 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
English (UK) 100%
Spanish (Argentina) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Persian 95%
Polish 94%
Russian 69%
German 68%
French (France) 64%
Italian 63%
Japanese 63%
Portuguese (Brazil) 63%
Turkish 63%
Korean 56%
Hungarian 50%
Swedish 32%
German (Formal) 15%
Ukrainian 14%
Catalan 11%
Dutch (Belgium) 7%
Spanish (Mexico) 3%
Galician 2%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-03-15 2M+ → 3M+ up after 990 days in tier
  2. 2023-06-29 1M+ → 2M+ up

Competes with

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