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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 27, 2026

Best Scripts Plugins for WordPress

43 plugins are tagged “scripts” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Header and Footer Scripts with 200K+ active installs.

Plugins in category43
#1 by installsHeader and Footer Scr…
Top-30 installs212.6K+
Avg. health (this page)38/100

43 Scripts plugins

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Best Scripts Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Header and Footer Scripts Header and Footer Scripts Header and Footer Scripts plugin allows you to add scripts to WordPress site's and just… by Anand Kumar 200K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (58) 8 months ago 51
2 CSS & JavaScript Toolbox CSS & JavaScript Toolbox Add CSS, JavaScript, PHP and HTML code snippets to your site. by wipeoutmedia 10K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (84) 1 month ago 84
3 Greenshift Smart Code AI Greenshift Smart Code AI Introducing Smart Code AI for WordPress - the revolutionary plugin that unleashes the power… by wpsoul 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 1 year ago 43
4 Cache External Scripts Cache External Scripts Save the Google Analytics file (gtag.js / analytics.js) locally to be able to cache it for… by Voorsie 800+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (25) 7 years ago 44
5 Conditionally Load CF7 Conditionally Load CF7 Load Contact Form 7 & select CF7-related plugin scripts & styles only where needed. by Chris J. Zähller 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 9 months ago 47
6 Version Assets Version Assets Automatically apply a content-based version on all of your assets to optimize browser… by Evan Mattson 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 1 year ago 41
7 WP Scripts & Styles Optimizer WP Scripts & Styles Optimizer Improve your site-rendering speed by customizing all of your JavaScript- and CSS-files… by Hendrik Lersch 90+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (15) 9 years ago 36
8 Enhanced Header / Footer Injections Enhanced Header / Footer Injections Add code to the header and footer sections of your site on a page-per-page basis. by chriscarvache 80+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (7) 15 years ago 30
9 Yoplanning Booking Engine Yoplanning Booking Engine FR : Ce plugin permet de charger le script d'intégration pour les modules de réservation… by yoplanning 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 34
10 Simple Header and Footer Simple Header and Footer Insert code in your site's header and footer. Ideal for Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel… by Alberto Reineri 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 days ago 75
11 Optimize Scripts & Styles Optimize Scripts & Styles Optimize Scripts & Styles combines scripts and styles on your site, minifies them and… by Sean Michaud 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 5 months ago 53
12 Disable Styles & Scripts Disable Styles & Scripts Disable selected plugin (and/or theme) styles and scripts. Set conditions which will be… by Luka Peharda 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5) 12 years ago 34
13 WP Enqueue WP Enqueue This plugin makes it dramatically easier to enqueue scripts and styles. Manage it from a… by Serge Boyko 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 11 years ago 24
14 OPCache Scripts OPCache Scripts Use this plugin to display detailed information about your server’s OPCache, including… by nikdow 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 9 months ago 46
15 WP cdnjs WP cdnjs Integrates easily CSS and JavaScript Libraries hosted by CDNjs.com. Browse, select version… by Mindshare Labs, Inc. 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 7 years ago 31
16 WP Customizer WP Customizer Easily load site specific functions, scripts and CSS files into your site without editing… by vicchi 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 9 years ago 31
17 Encute Encute Fluent API for site owners to manipulate the scripts and styles on the frontend of their… by Mark Jaquith 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1) 5 years ago 27
18 Remove Version Number Remove Version Number A simple plugin that will remove the WordPress version number from all areas of your… by David Green 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 8 years ago 23
19 Tag Scout Tag Scout Find out where your tracking code is installed. Tag Scout scans your front-end HTML and… by zemraplugins 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 51
20 Custom Resources Custom Resources Easily load additional styles and scripts (for both front and backend pages). Works by… by Fineswap 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 13 years ago 23
21 WP Scripts Customizer WP Scripts Customizer WP Scripts Customizer allows to enter scripts you would like output to head and footer of… by Han 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 12 years ago 23
22 TT-Options TT-Options A simplified theme options where you can save styles, scripts and other codes to the… by thesabeltuto 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 8 years ago 23
23 GDPR Visitor Consent GDPR Visitor Consent Allow users to have control of what scripts are loaded. by noraconley 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 years ago 23
24 External Files External Files External files allows an author to insert the contents of an external file or url into a… by adamh 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 17 years ago 23
25 Google Hosted AJAX Libraries Google Hosted AJAX Libraries Change the internal WordPress scripts to use Google Hosted Scripts by w3prodigy 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 15 years ago 23
26 Deregister Contact Form 7 Deregister Contact Form 7 Prevents the scripts and styling from the Contact Form 7 plugin from loading on your site… by Ryan Hellyer 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 14 years ago 31
27 CC-Scripts CC-Scripts Add custom JavaScript code to all your WordPress pages at once via the Admin panel. by Clearcode 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 9 years ago 23
28 Enqueue Debug Panel Enqueue Debug Panel A powerful debug panel for WordPress admins to view and toggle enqueued JavaScript and CSS… by Webnow <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 weeks ago 64
29 ScriptSpy – Third-Party Script Intelligence ScriptSpy – Third-Party Script Intelligence Detect every third-party script loading on your site, identify owners, data collected, and… by Avo Avetisyan <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 weeks ago 64
30 LH Dequeue Buddypress LH Dequeue Buddypress Dequeue the scripts and styles that buddypress adds for non logged in users. by shawfactor <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 6 years ago 21

Top Scripts plugins, head to head

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Header and Footer ScriptsHeader and Footer Scr… vs CSS & JavaScript ToolboxCSS & JavaScript Tool… Header and Footer ScriptsHeader and Footer Scr… vs Greenshift Smart Code AIGreenshift Smart Code… Header and Footer ScriptsHeader and Footer Scr… vs Cache External ScriptsCache External Scripts CSS & JavaScript ToolboxCSS & JavaScript Tool… vs Greenshift Smart Code AIGreenshift Smart Code… CSS & JavaScript ToolboxCSS & JavaScript Tool… vs Cache External ScriptsCache External Scripts Greenshift Smart Code AIGreenshift Smart Code… vs Cache External ScriptsCache External Scripts

How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.9Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.4KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kcontact form 1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 993links 977

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

What is the most popular scripts plugin for WordPress?

Header and Footer Scripts is the most popular scripts plugin with 200K+ active installs and a 4.6/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many scripts plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 43 plugins tagged “scripts” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which scripts plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Cache External Scripts has the highest rating at 5/5 from 25 reviews.

Are these scripts plugins actively maintained?

3 of the top 30 scripts plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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