How to add a "Made by" badge to WordPress

The simplest way on a self-hosted WordPress site is a header and footer plugin, so the badge survives theme updates.

Steps

1. 1

   Create your badge in the Maker Badge editor and copy your code.

2. 2

   In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New and install a header/footer plugin such as WPCode.

3. 3

   Open the plugin's "Header & Footer" screen.

4. 4

   Paste the code into the Footer box and save.

5. 5

   Visit your site: the badge appears on every page.

What the code looks like

An updatable badge is a single line like this (the editor gives you yours). The self-contained version is longer but works the same way.

<script src="https://madebybadge.netlify.app/v1/badge.js" data-badge="YOUR_BADGE_ID" async></script>

Good to know

• On WordPress.com, installing plugins needs a plan that supports plugins.
• Prefer plugins over editing your theme's footer.php: theme updates overwrite that file.

Not showing up?

• Check the published site, not an editor preview: most builders only run custom code on the live site.
• Make sure the whole snippet was pasted, including the closing </script> tag.
• Use "Test page" in the Maker Badge code dialog to confirm the badge itself works.