Easy Header Footer – Speedup, Security and Minify
by Sayan Datta · Uncategorized
It is a very lightweight plugin for customizing WordPress header, add custom code and enable, disable or remove the unwanted meta tags and links from …
47 health vs 56 average across 10,349 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2584 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 127
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-09 200+ → 100+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-12-21 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-12-14 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-13 100+ → 200+ up after 16 days in band
- 2025-11-27 200+ → 100+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-11-16 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-13 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-09 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Header Footer HTML 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Code Snippets 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Header Footer Code Manager 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Insert Headers And Footers 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Head, Footer and Post Injections 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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