Exactly right!

  • Chris

    (@nordtomme)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Of all the plugins and solutions I’ve used for adding code snippets through the years, HFCM is the only one that gets it. Where other plugins often only provide a text area or two for the custom code, HFCM is like a light-weight, simple and user-friendly version of Google Tag Manager built directly into WordPress.

    This really should be a core feature of WordPress’ theme management, as that would save a lot of sites from plugin bloat and/or unnecessarily complicated child themes.

    Header Footer Code Manager … 

    • makes good use of WordPress’ own interface and design language, which makes it clean and easy to use.
    • makes it easy to juggle multiple snippets of code, keeping the snippets separate, with toggle switches to de/activate snippets. (Which doesn’t just make for a better UX, but it’s great for identifying and fixing conflicts and bugs.)
    • allows for adding code both to the header and footer. Ideally, there’d be a few more positions (i.e. before and after content), but the shortcodes are great for working around any limitations in that regard.
    • has conditional logic for applying snippets to different sections of the site, and on different devices. I would appreciate even more logic (like based on logged in status, user level/permissions, page templates, post types, even geo-location, etc.), but I am not complaining.

    Thanks, robots.

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Chris.

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