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Head & Footer Code
Easy add site-wide, category and article specific custom code before the closing </head> and </body>, or after opening <body> tag.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 51
- Active installs
- 100k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 16 Aug 2026
- Added
- Aug 2015
- Requires WP
- 5.2
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 2,687,522
Our analysis
AI-assistedThe Head & Footer Code plugin allows you to add custom code snippets such as JavaScript, CSS, or HTML to your WordPress site without needing programming skills. You can insert code into the head, body, or footer sections of your site, making it suitable for tasks like site verification, tracking, and custom styling.
You access the plugin through the WordPress Dashboard under Tools → Head & Footer Code. It supports various code snippets for services like Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel, and allows for article-specific or category-specific code insertion.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for website owners who need to add custom code snippets for tracking or styling without coding experience.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Supports various code snippets for popular tracking services
- ✓User-friendly interface for adding code without programming knowledge
- ✓Allows for article-specific and category-specific code
- ✓Regularly updated with a high directory score
Where it falls short
- •No information on advanced features or limitations
- •Other taxonomies do not have specific code options
Verdict
Head & Footer Code is a straightforward solution for adding custom code to your WordPress site, ideal for users looking to implement tracking or verification codes easily.
From the developer
Aleksandar Urošević's own description of Head & Footer Code, lightly tidied.
Head & Footer Code plugin helps you add custom code snippets (JavaScript, CSS, or HTML) to the page even if you are not a programmer. It could be within the <head> (site verification code for various services, custom styles, meta or Webfont link), right after opening <body> (pixel tracking, analytics or heatmap code) or just before closing </body> tag.
Go to Tools → Head & Footer Code in WordPress Dashboard. Insert custom code to HEAD, BODY or FOOTER section (depending on what you have to do).
All magic is done by hooking to WordPress hooks wp_head, wp_footer and wp_body_open.
💡 Trial Head & Footer Code plugin on a free dummy website before you add it on your project: Test It Now!
Various code snippets are supported, including but not limited to:
- Google Analytics 4
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Ads Conversion
- Lite Analytics
- Facebook/Meta Pixel
- Hotjar
- FullStory
- Google site verification
- Bing site verification
- Yandex site verification
- Alexa site verification
Homepage in Blog Posts mode
If your WordPress shows the latest blog posts on the homepage, you can also add specific code only for the homepage on Tools → Head & Footer Code (there will be section Head, body and footer code on Homepage in Blog Posts mode)
Article specific code
To insert custom code specific for individual article (post, page or custom post type), use article-specific Metabox while editing post/page/custom post type (check out Screenshots). There choose if that specific code appends to site-wide code defined on Tools → Head & Footer Code, or to replace it.
Category specific code
You can also define a Category specific code on each individual category.
Other taxonomies (tag and custom taxonomy) do not have available their specific code, but for them a Global code is used instead.
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Do you need our support?
If Head & Footer Code does not work on your project, please let us know by raising a new support ticket in the Community Forum and describe what does not works and how to reproduce the issue. We will make sure to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
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