Ultimate Header Footer

Easily build custom headers and footers for your WordPress site with a visual interface. No coding required—just drag, drop, and publish.

Author:	Tazeen Ehsan (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	5.5
WordPress version tested:	6.8.5
Plugin version:	1.0.2
Added to WordPress repository:	27-07-2025
Last updated:	23-03-2026
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Header Footer Builder is a lightweight yet powerful plugin that lets you design fully custom headers and footers for your WordPress site — and precisely control where each one appears using flexible display conditions.

Unlike other header footer plugins, every template comes with a built-in include/exclude rule system. You can show a unique header on your homepage, a different one on WooCommerce shop pages, and hide the footer entirely on landing pages — all without writing a single line of code.

Key Features

Unlimited templates — Create as many header and footer templates as you need.
Display conditions — Show or hide templates based on:
- Entire site
- Front page, blog index page
- Specific pages or posts (search and select by name)
- All posts, all pages, all custom post types
- Category archives, tag archives, all archive pages
- Author archive pages
- Search results pages
- 404 pages
- WooCommerce shop, product, cart, checkout, my account pages
Include & exclude rules — Include a template sitewide and exclude it from specific pages, or vice versa.
Priority-based matching — More specific rules always win. A rule targeting a specific page beats a rule targeting all pages, which beats a sitewide rule.
Works with any page builder — Use the native WordPress block editor (Gutenberg), Elementor, or any other builder to design your templates.
Theme compatibility — Works with popular themes including Astra, GeneratePress, OceanWP, Kadence, Hello Elementor, and more.
Zero bloat — No external dependencies or heavy frameworks. Fast and standards-compliant.
Developer friendly — Clean OOP PHP, PSR-style autoloading, React-based admin UI, REST API-powered.

How Display Conditions Work

Create a header or footer template in the builder.
Click Conditions next to any template.
Add Include Rules to define where the template should appear.
Add Exclude Rules to carve out exceptions.
Save — the template is now live with smart targeting.

Rules are priority-scored: specific page/post targets score highest, followed by post-type rules, then archive rules, then the sitewide catch-all. The highest-scoring matching template wins.

Perfect For

Landing pages that need no header or footer
WooCommerce stores with checkout-specific headers
Blogs with a different header for category archive pages
Membership sites with role-specific navigation
Multipage sites that need per-section branding

FAQ

Does this plugin work with Elementor?

Yes. You can use Elementor (or any page builder) to design the content of your header and footer templates. The plugin handles the display logic.

Does it work with the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg)?

Yes. Templates are standard WordPress custom posts, so Gutenberg works out of the box.

Can I create different headers for different pages?

Absolutely. Create multiple header templates and assign each one a different set of display conditions. The plugin automatically picks the best-matching template for each page load.

What happens if two templates match the same page?

The plugin uses a priority scoring system. More specific rules win: a rule targeting a specific page beats a rule targeting all pages, which beats a sitewide rule. If two templates have equal priority, the most recently published one is used.

Can I exclude a template from certain pages?

Yes. Each template supports both include and exclude rules. Exclude rules always override include rules, so you can include a template sitewide and then exclude it from specific pages.

Does it support WooCommerce pages?

Yes. You can target the WooCommerce shop page, single product pages, cart, checkout, and my account pages using dedicated display condition rules.

Will it slow down my site?

No. Template matching is done efficiently in PHP with a single database query per page load. There are no external API calls or heavy scripts on the frontend.

Which themes are supported?

The plugin is designed to work with themes that support custom header/footer regions. Tested with Astra, GeneratePress, OceanWP, Kadence, and Hello Elementor.

Can developers hook into the template selection logic?

Yes. The selection logic is fully OOP and hookable. See the source code for the ConditionsMatcher class.

Is there multisite/network support?

The plugin works on individual WordPress sites. Multisite/network-wide configuration is not yet supported.

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