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Best Header WordPress Plugins

8 plugins · 3.8M combined installs · 4.8/5 avg rating

Header plugins give WordPress site owners control over the visual design and behaviour of their site's header area — including sticky scroll effects, transparent overlays on hero sections, custom header layouts per page, and header builder interfaces for creating complex desktop and mobile navigation structures. They are especially useful on sites where the active theme provides limited header customization, allowing designers and marketers to modify logo placement, menu styles, call-to-action buttons, and announcement bars without editing theme files. Header plugins are widely used alongside page builders and block-based themes where per-page header control — such as hiding the header on full-screen landing pages — is a common requirement. Many also include header injection features for adding custom scripts, meta tags, and tracking pixels site-wide.