Pearl – Header Builder

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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1. ★★★★★ benabba

   3.4y ago

   I wish -0- stars were an option. Don’t even get close to any stylemixthemes.com terrible themes & plugins. I made a mistake and purchased a plugin 4 months ago and they still don’t know what the problem is. Forget about them fixing it! This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by benabba. Reason: stars fixed

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2. ★★★★★ zeinreal

   4.4y ago

   Doesnt work + Support doesnt reply Dont bother

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3. ★★★★★ konstantinsl

   5.4y ago

   Icons for editing in the admin panel are not displayed. The site shows everything! What to do? The plugin version is the latest, everything was tested This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by konstantinsl.

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4. ★★★★★ Yin Jin

   5.8y ago

   I think this plugin is not helpful to many of our customers because they’re looking for seeing the updates they make without refreshing but this plugin doesn’t have support for it. And it is much similar to default header builder. What is difference?

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5. ★★★★★ Michael

   6.0y ago

   I’ve been using this plugin for about an hour. So far, it’s pretty nice. The ONLY thing I don’t like about it is that it doesn’t keep existing settings. For example, if you click on Import Header and choose a template, your logo will need to get added again along with other colors you’ve selected for other templates. Other than that, this plugin works great!

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6. ★★★★★ suhail411

   6.2y ago

   Best Plugin, it worked for me, I had to create custom header on my website and I was not getting much success with other plugins but when I tried this plugin, it worked for me perfectly and I was able to create the header, I wanted. Thank you for such a nice plugin 🙂

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7. ★★★★★ Eiad

   6.5y ago

   So you waste time to search, check, install and activate some plugin to find it has no relation to its description screenshots !

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8. ★★★★★ lamayas

   7.0y ago

   It could use a couple instructions for non-coders on how to insert the shortcode on the header, but it’s a complete plugin and an easy solution for themes with very limited header options.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.13 Small bug fixes 1.3.13
2. — Version 1.3.12 Small bug fixes 1.3.12
3. — Version 1.3.11 Small bug fixes 1.3.11
4. — Version 1.3.10 Small bug fixes 1.3.10
5. — Version 1.3.9 Small bug fixes 1.3.9
6. — Version 1.3.8 Security update 1.3.8

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

1. Medium · 4.3 Pearl <= 1.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31880 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.9 Patched in 1.3.10
2. Medium · 4.3 Pearl <= 1.3.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31881 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.3.9 Patched in 1.3.10
3. Medium · 4.3 Wordpress Header Builder Plugin <= 1.3.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Header Deletion ↗
   2025-01-08 CVE-2024-12206 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.8 Patched in 1.3.9
4. Medium · 6.5 WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl <= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Site Options Deletion ↗
   2024-06-11 CVE-2024-5468 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.8
5. Medium · 6.4 WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2024-04-30 CVE-2024-4000 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.6 Patched in 1.3.7
6. Medium · 4.3 Pearl <= 1.3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via stm_save_hb_settings ↗
   2023-04-19 CVE-2022-38356 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.4 Patched in 1.3.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Translated into 7 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-12 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-06-10 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-06-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 215 days in tier
4. 2025-11-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 232 days in tier
5. 2025-03-19 8K+ → 7K+ down after 166 days in tier
6. 2024-10-04 9K+ → 8K+ down after 148 days in tier
7. 2024-05-09 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-05-07 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 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).

• V Visual Header 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• Header Builder for Elementor by WPDaddy 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Header Footer Code Manager 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Insert Headers And Footers 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Head, Footer and Post Injections 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Pearl – Header Builder: 5K+ active installs, 3.3★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pearl-header-builder