10 Best CM Header and Footer Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
CM Header and Footer has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to CM Header and Footer
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5.0 (134) 300,000+ active installsInclude inline javascript, stylesheets, CSS code or anything you want in Header and Footer areas of your WordPress with ease.
Shares the custom css, footer, header tags on WordPress.org. About 300 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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4.7 (60) 10,000+ active installsEasily add custom CSS and JavaScript code to your WordPress site, with draft previewing, revisions, and minification!
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 12, 2024.
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4.6 (42) 6,000+ active installsAdd custom CSS to individual posts, pages, or WooCommerce products, with optional archive support and a dedicated code editor.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated July 23, 2026.
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Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks
4.9 (25) 5,000+ active installsBlocks CSS allows you add custom CSS to your Blocks straight from the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts
4.5 (221) 50,000+ active installsInsert PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, ads & tracking code into WordPress headers, footers, pages & content with conditional logic — no theme editing.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Simple Custom CSS Plugin
4.7 (159) 100,000+ active installsAdd Custom CSS to your WordPress site without any hassles.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, no update since March 11, 2025.
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4.8 (89) 60,000+ active installsAdd custom css to the whole website and to specific posts and pages.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 60 times the installs, no update since August 14, 2025.
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4.9 (60) 80,000+ active installsAdd CSS to your website through an admin editor, the Customizer or a metabox for page/post specific CSS.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, last updated September 15, 2025.
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4.4 (103) 600,000+ active installsEasily add Custom CSS or JS to your website with an awesome editor.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 600 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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FluentSnippets – High-Performance Code Snippets, Header & Footer Code, Custom CSS & PHP Code Manager
4.7 (77) 50,000+ active installsFast, file-based code snippets plugin. Insert header & footer scripts and add PHP, CSS, JS & HTML snippets with conditional logic. Zero DB queries.
Shares the custom css tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
Switching from CM Header and Footer: common questions
What is the best alternative to CM Header and Footer?
Insert Headers And Footers is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 300,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which CM Header and Footer alternative has the most users?
Simple Custom CSS and JS, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which CM Header and Footer alternative is rated highest?
Insert Headers And Footers, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 134 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these CM Header and Footer alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with CM Header and Footer score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against CM Header and Footer on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Insert Headers And Footers is the closest match to CM Header and Footer by the data we track, and Simple Custom CSS and JS has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Insert PHP shipped the most recent release, on August 20, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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