Head & Footer Code

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 (site verification code for various services, custom styles, meta or Webfont link), right after opening (pixel tracking, analytics or heatmap code) or just before closing 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.

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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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Features

• Multisite and PHP 8.3 compatible!
• Set site-wide custom content for:
  • head page section (before the )
  • body section (after the ) – Requires WordPress 5.2!
  • footer page section (before the )
• Homepage in Blog Posts mode:
  • set homepage specific custom code for head, body and/or footer
  • toggle homepage specific custom code on paged Homepage (page 2, 3, a nd so on)
• Set article specific custom code for:
  • head page section (before the )
  • body section (after the ) – Requires WordPress 5.2!
  • footer page section (before the )
• Set category specific custom code for head, body and/or footer of the page
• Choose priority of printed custom code to head/body/footer sections (lower number mean far from and and closer to , higher number means closer to and and farther to )
• Choose which post types will have enabled article specific head/body/footer fields
• Choose should article specific head/body/footer code be appended to site-wide code, or will replace site-wide code
• View on Posts/Pages/Custom Post Types listing if article has defined any article specific custom code
• Site-wide section is located under Tools > Head & Footer Code
• If you have set WP_DEBUG constant in wp-config.php to true, you’ll see site-wide and article specific entries in page source code wrapped to comments.
• [NEW] allow unprivileged user roles Editor and Author to manage article-specific code on single site and multisite (disabled by default)

Data stored in database

General settings (HEAD, BODY, FOOTER global code and priority, Homepage code and behaviour) saves in WordPress option auhfc_settings.
Each post/page/custom post type specific HEAD, BODY and FOOTER code and behaviour saves to post meta _auhfc.
Each category specific HEAD, BODY and FOOTER code and behaviour saves to taxonomy meta _auhfc.

During the Uninstall process all these data has been deleted from the database.
In case you wish to reinstall plugin, DO NOT UNINSTALL IT although Deactivate, then delete the directory /wp-content/plugins-head-footer-code and then reinstall plugin.

Permissions on Multisite WordPress

1. Access to Global: only Super Admin and Administrator
2. Access to Article specific: Super Admin, Administrator; optional: Editor and Author
3. Access to Category specific: only Super Admin and Administrator