OpenHook
Add customizations to any hook in WordPress and any hook-enabled theme or plugin from within your admin panel! Wanna play hooky?
3.7(6 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, OpenHook is a WordPress k2 plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 281K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 114% this week.
3.7/56 reviews
1.0K+active installs
281K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
If you aren’t altogether comfortable with editing PHP files to customize your site, OpenHook is for you! An increasing number of themes & plugins come equipped with a myriad of hooks — points within their code which can receive user customizations, known as actions — which can be customized from within your WordPress admin panel using OpenHook!
OpenHook brings the world of hooks & actions to the mainstream, providing an easy to use admin interface in which you can customize your site without limit, whether you’re using HTML/CSS/JavaScript or PHP!
Features
- Customize the hooks present in your favorite themes!
- Define any hook you want within OpenHook and add an action to it! In addition to the themes which OpenHook supports explicitly, you can now use OpenHook to customi…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Unsupported and broken
by handyguyspodcast·9 years ago
I believe this plugin to be broken with WordPress 4.5.3 and Thesis 1.8.6. Support post has gone unanswered for a week leading me to believe this plugin has been abandoned. Use at your own risk. I’ll retract my assertion this is broken and abandoned if proven otherwise.
Still working well
by gordboy·11 years ago·2 replies
This works very well with a legacy site I run with thesis 1.6. Great to be able to attach code to thesis hooks without editing theme files.
For Headway, it's ok but missing some important aspects
by gecko_guy·12 years ago
Quick access to all hooks present in Headway
and
Infinite customization in infinite combinations.
This is not quite correct. You cannot target individual blocks by ID, so the hooks are useful for global customizations but this is rather limiting.
Fortunately you can use your own PHP, but then you can also just as well use a Headway Custom Code block, or a child theme without the need for another plugin..
Unfortunately my requests for more information have not been answered, and now I am worried that the plugin is not being kept updated.
It works in 3.6, but for how long?
That is not to say I don’t appreciate what it does, it is very handy and I like it a lot, but is missing some important functionality.
Makes life much easier
by catherinepope·12 years ago
This is a real time-saver – very simple and effective.
Love It
by Ryanjjames·13 years ago
After using Thesis for nearly a year, I am now getting a full appreciation for what a great tool it is and how valuable this plugin is.
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 3This week: 45Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.3
73.9%
v4.2
11.4%
v2.3
7.1%
v4.0
5.1%
Other
2.5%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.3.1
- [added] Show notice if DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT = true
- [changed] Removed call to deprecated screen icon function
- [changed] Removed Dreamhost affiliate link, Facebook buttons, and Twitter link
- [changed] Updated some verbiage and sidebar links
- [changed] Tested up to WordPress 6.3.1
…and 4 more changes
Contributors
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