10 Most Used WordPress Hook Plugins

CSS & JavaScript Toolbox

Easily add custom CSS, JavaScript, HTML and PHP code to unique CJT code blocks and assign them wherever you want.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	10,000+
Downloads	126,429
Ratings	47 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.3.1
Requires	3.9
Last Updated	4 months ago
Launched	Sep 19, 2011

Easily make many customizations and setting changes to your Genesis-powered site, without having to write custom code.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	2,000+
Downloads	8,601
Ratings	4 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 5.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.4.2
Requires	4.0
Last Updated	2 days ago
Launched	Dec 4, 2013

HookPress turns your WordPress-internal hooks into webhooks. Possible uses include generating push notifications or extending WordPress with non-PHP.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	1,000+
Downloads	11,193
Ratings	3 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 5.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.1.8
Requires	3.6
Last Updated	one year ago
Launched	Jul 28, 2009

Adds 'Thank You' button to every post/page, counts and shows a total number of visitors 'thanks' for post/page.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	1,000+
Downloads	43,376
Ratings	6 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 3.3 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.3.1
Requires	4.0
Last Updated	8 months ago
Launched	Oct 6, 2009

Simply Show Hooks helps theme and plugin developers to quickly see where all the action and filter hooks are on any WordPress page.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	200+
Downloads	1,255
Ratings	8 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 5.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.1.8
Requires	3
Last Updated	11 months ago
Launched	Mar 31, 2015

Allows developers to create a drop down of hooks to be selected from a widget, for on-the-fly widgets without the fuss, or just easily test hooks.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	100+
Downloads	1,759
Ratings	0 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 0.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	3.3.2
Requires	2.8
Last Updated	4 years ago
Launched	Dec 9, 2011

Use the wordpress administration to place your Pinterest widget on an area (header, footer) and / or use a shortcode to display the widget Pinterest.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	100+
Downloads	1,967
Ratings	2 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 3.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	4.0.8
Requires	3.0
Last Updated	2 years ago
Launched	Dec 2, 2012

Network standard ping list, for WordPress.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	80+
Downloads	2,301
Ratings	0 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 0.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	3.0.5
Requires	3.0
Last Updated	6 years ago
Launched	Jul 31, 2010

Description: Simple Webhook to WordPress XML-RPC gateway.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	50+
Downloads	1,396
Ratings	0 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 0.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	3.1.4
Requires	2.9
Last Updated	5 years ago
Launched	Apr 29, 2011

Insert html code into Mystique theme(http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/mystique) without hand code the original theme files.

Price	FREE
Active Installs	30+
Downloads	975
Ratings	0 ratings
	3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings 0.0 out of 5 stars
Tested up to	3.0.5
Requires	2.5
Last Updated	5 years ago
Launched	Nov 7, 2010

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