By default, PHPEnkoder only works on the main content of the page, not the header or footer. You can register other filters, if you like, by tweaking the source code. Add whatever filters you like to line 214. Alternatively, you can have the footer manually call the ‘enkode’ function via PHP. If you’re not sure how to do this, please send me an email.
Having options to control where PHPEnkoder runs would be nice, and I’ll add it to my [TODO list](https://github.com/mgree/phpenkoder/issues)… but I’m not certain what kind of timeline I’ll be able to work on.
Oh, one other thing that may work, without editing any PHP: you can try using the [enkode]TEXT[/enkode] shortcode in your header or footer to manually encode something.