Stop Fighting Your Theme.
Own Your Header & Footer.
A single WordPress plugin that replaces your theme’s header and footer with clean, configurable output. Four operating modes from simple styling to full AI canvas. Works with any theme. Zero dependencies.
Available as an add-on inside ML Plugin Manager · Included with $97/mo and $197/mo plans
Theme Headers and Footers Are a Nightmare
Every WordPress theme has opinions about your header and footer. Those opinions get in the way.
CSS !important Wars
Kadence, Astra, GeneratePress — they all inject aggressive CSS. Your customizations get overridden. You add !important, they add !important. Nobody wins.
Builder Lock-In
Theme header/footer builders are complex, proprietary, and different for every theme. Switch themes and you start over from scratch.
AI Can’t Touch It
LLMs and AI agents have no way to control theme headers and footers. There’s no API, no standard interface, no programmatic access.
From Hands-Off to Full Control
Choose your level of control with an explicit mode selector. No auto-detection, no guessing.
Theme Native
Plugin disabled. Your theme renders its own header and footer normally. All settings are preserved but inactive — flip it back on anytime.
Styled Menus
Reads your WordPress nav menus and renders a clean header/footer using your color, font, logo, and layout settings. The recommended cooperative mode for humans + AI.
Augmented
Everything from Styled, plus four augmentation slots: topbar strips, nav extras, breadcrumb bars, and pre-footer CTAs. WordPress menu editor stays live while AI decorates around it.
Full Canvas
Raw HTML replaces everything. You or your AI agent own 100% of the rendered output. For SimpleSite, headless builds, or any scenario where the LLM owns the page.
Everything You Need, Nothing You Don’t
One file. No external dependencies. No build step. Just activate and go.
Theme Suppression
Hides native theme header/footer with targeted CSS. Covers classic themes (Kadence, Astra, GP) and block themes (Twenty Twenty-Five).
Sticky Header + Admin Bar
Fixed header that respects the WordPress admin bar (32px desktop, 46px mobile). Auto-spacer JS measures actual height dynamically.
Layout Presets
Standard, nav-left, logo-center, and split layouts. Controlled via CSS flexbox — same HTML, different arrangement.
Google Fonts
Inter, Poppins, Montserrat, Open Sans, Lato, Roboto, DM Sans, Playfair Display. Auto-loaded when selected.
Color System
Header/footer background, text, accent, hover, and active colors. Admin UI with swatch pickers and hex inputs, bidirectionally synced.
Media Library Logo
Opens the WordPress media library modal filtered to images. Live preview thumbnail. Also accepts pasted URLs for external images or API access.
Footer Columns
1 to 4 footer columns with HTML content. Each column updatable individually via the admin UI or REST API.
Custom CSS Injection
Push custom CSS overrides from the admin panel or via API. Applied after all plugin styles for maximum specificity.
AJAX Save
All settings save without page reload. Six organized tabs: Header, Footer, Augmentation, Canvas HTML, Custom CSS, Lab API.
Single File
~840 lines of PHP with embedded CSS and JS. No external files, no includes, no build tools, no node_modules. Copy one file and activate.
Built for AI Agents from Day One
Full REST API with Lab Key authentication. Any LLM can read settings, update styles, create menus, and push canvas HTML.
- GET /help API discovery & docs
- GET /settings Read all settings
- POST /settings Partial update
- GET /menus List nav menus
- GET /menu-items/{slug} Get menu items
- POST /menu-items Create menu + items
- POST /footer-column/{1-4} Update column HTML
- POST /custom-css Push CSS override
- POST /header-html Push canvas header
- POST /footer-html Push canvas footer
curl -X POST \
https://yoursite.com/wp-json/ml-header-footer/v1/settings \
-H “X-Lab-Key: your-api-key” \
-H “Content-Type: application/json” \
-d ‘{
“mode”: 2,
“header_bg”: “#1e293b”,
“header_text”: “#ffffff”,
“header_accent”: “#f59e0b”,
“layout”: “standard”
}’
Works With Every WordPress Theme
Built-in suppression for the most popular themes. Switch themes without losing your header and footer.
One Plugin in a Bigger Picture
ML Header Footer is part of the MinuteLaunch plugin family — tools built for WordPress sites that work cooperatively with AI agents and human admins.
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Take Control of Your Header and Footer Today
One plugin, zero dependencies, infinite flexibility. Install through ML Plugin Manager and take control in minutes.
Available as an add-on inside ML Plugin Manager · Included with $97/mo and $197/mo plans