Unique Headers is a WordPress app, with a 4.9 average rating from 160 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Unique Headers is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Ryan Hellyer. With a rating of 4.9★ from 160 reviews.
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Unique Headers is a category-leading WordPress app with a growing review traction. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 160 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Ryan Hellyer — established developer track record
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
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How Unique Headers works
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This plugin has been actively maintained since 2012 and is used on over 20,000 websites worldwide.
Features The Unique Headers Plugin adds a custom header image box to the post/page edit screen. You can use this to upload a unique header image for that post, or use another image from your WordPress media library. When you view that page on the front-end of your site, the default header image for your site will be replaced by the unique header you selected.
This functionality also works with categories and tags.
Requirements You must use a theme which utilizes the built-in custom header functionality of WordPress. If your theme implement it’s own header functionality, then this plugin will not work with it.
Paid WordPress development If you would like to pay for assistance, additional features to be added to the plugin or are just looking for general WordPress development services, please contact me via my contact form.
Development This section is only relevant for developers building the plugin from source (e.g. cloning from GitHub). If you installed via WordPress.org, the plugin is ready to use — no build steps required.
The plugin uses Composer for PHP autoloading and dependencies, npm for JavaScript tooling, and TypeScript for admin JavaScript.
To set up a development environment:
Install PHP dependencies: composer install
Install JavaScript dependencies: npm install
Compile TypeScript to JavaScript: npm run build
To run tests and analysis:
PHPCS (PSR-12 coding standards): composer phpcs
Auto-fix PHPCS violations: composer phpcbf
PHP-CS-Fixer (dry-run): composer cs
PHP-CS-Fixer (auto-fix): composer cs:fix
PHPStan static analysis: composer phpstan
PHPUnit unit tests: composer test
TypeScript type checking: npm run typecheck
TypeScript source files are in src/ts/. The compiled output is written to assets/admin.js and is what WordPress loads on the admin side.
Credits Thanks to the following for help with the development of this plugin:
* redactuk – Assistance with debugging.
* crabsallover – Assitance with debugging.
* Todd – Assistance with implementing support for tags.
* Mariano J. Ponce – Spanish translation.
* Tobias Klotz – Deutsch (German) language translation.
* Nadia Tokerud – Proof-reading of Norsk Bokmål (Norwegian) translation.
* Bjørn Johansen – Proof-reading of Norwegian Bokmål translation.
* Karl Olofsson – Proof-reading of Swedish translation.
* Jenny Beaumont – French translation.
Keyword rankings
Unique Headers ranks for 3 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- 1.contactRank #417
- Rank #549
- Rank #869
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Frequently asked questions
What is Unique Headers?
Unique Headers is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 160 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Ryan Hellyer.