Best hooks plugins for WordPress
The most popular hooks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Genesis Simple Hooks leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of HookMeUp for WooCommerce (10K+) and Genesis Simple Sidebars (10K+). All 45 plugins tagged “hooks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hooks plugins
- 1.
Genesis Simple HooksThe most installed hooks plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 22 reviews, updated 7 months ago.
- 2.
HookMeUp for WooCommerce10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Genesis Simple Sidebars10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 27 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.Homepage Control
9K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 18 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Debug This2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.Genesis Visual Hook Guide
700+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 30 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.
Visual Hook Guide for Kadence400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 8.Genesis Post Teasers
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 9.GPP Base Hook Widgets
90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 10.GPP About You Widget
90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
All 45 plugins tagged “hooks”

Genesis Simple Hooks
#1,213by Nathan Rice7 months ago
This plugin creates a new Genesis settings page that allows you to insert code (HTML, Shortcodes, and PHP), and attach it to any of the 50+ action hoo …
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(22)
- Downloads
- 87/day

HookMeUp for WooCommerce
#1,869by Get Bowtied2 months ago
Additional content and Customization for WooCommerce Templates.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 66/day

Genesis Simple Sidebars
Up in the last 7 days:10#1,916by StudioPress5 months ago
This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Framework on a …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(27)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Homepage Control
#2,270by WooThemes6 years ago
Re-order or disable the homepage components in certain themes.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Debug This
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,819by Razvan Aldea1 year ago
Peek under the hood with sixty debugging reports just one click away.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Genesis Visual Hook Guide
Up in the last 7 days:13#7,950by Christopher Cochran9 years ago
Find Genesis hooks (action and filter hooks) quick and easily by seeing their actual locations inside your theme.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.7(30)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Visual Hook Guide for Kadence
Down in the last 7 days:52#9,419by Sridhar Katakam3 years ago
Find Kadence action hooks quickly and easily by seeing their actual locations inside your Kadence theme.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Genesis Post Teasers
Up in the last 7 days:85#16,177by Christopher Cochran13 years ago
GENESIS THEME FRAMEWORK REQUIRED. This plugin uses the genesis grid loop function to display posts teasers either on your Homepage, Archives, or Blog …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GPP Base Hook Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:32#16,973by Thad Allender15 years ago
Adds 12 new widget areas to the Base WordPress theme framework using its action hooks.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GPP About You Widget
Up in the last 7 days:27#17,036by Thad Allender16 years ago
Adds a widget for easily creating an about your section to any widgetized region in your theme.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hybrid Hook Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:6#17,674by Justin Tadlock17 years ago
Adds 11 new widget areas to the Hybrid WordPress theme framework using its action hooks.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:34#17,874by Andy Whalen10 years ago
WP Hooks allows you to add JavaScript, CSS, meta tags, etc. to your header and footer without modifying your theme.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GPP Testimonials Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:79#19,955by Thad Allender15 years ago
Adds a new Testimonials widget to the Widgets panel.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GPP Welcome Message Widget
Up in the last 7 days:24#21,020by Thad Allender16 years ago
Adds a widget for easily creating prominent welcome messages.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
THA Hooks Interface
Down in the last 7 days:385#27,480by Slobodan Manić11 years ago
THA Hooks Interface allows you to customize and alter theme functionality from within dashboard by hooking into Theme Hook Alliance hooks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Genesis Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:360#28,249by Travis Smith14 years ago
Automatically displays Genesis structual hook names in the browser for all pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
hooks
Down in the last 7 days:1,054#36,165by Dejan Batanjac10 years ago
Displays info about WordPress actions and filters inside plugins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Deploy Webhook Github Actions
#36,848by nicolasdra3 years ago
DEPLOY WEBHOOK GITHUB ACTIONS PLUGIN
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
StartBox Easy Hooks
Down in the last 7 days:647#39,469by Michael Beckwith13 years ago
Easily hook content in Startbox Theme Framework.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
rtPanel Hooks Editor
Down in the last 7 days:5,593#40,638by rtCamp12 years ago
This plugin is add-on for [rtPanel Theme Framework](https://wordpress.org/themes/rtpanel "rtPanel Theme Framework") and should be used along …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin's Debug Tool
#41,101by pantsonhead11 years ago
Admin-only tool for checking execution times and error output of current theme/plugins
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Speedix
#41,476by Wp Core Tools1 month ago
Pinpoint exactly which plugins and hooks slow your site. Real-time PHP profiling with visual dashboard, health scores, and zero guesswork.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

Ultimate DebugBar
#43,055by Avram2 months ago
Ultimate debug bar for your Wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Captain Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:2,521#43,214by David Beja1 year ago
Captain Hooks is a WordPress plugin that provides developers with a comprehensive view of all actions, filters, and shortcodes of their environment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prioritize Hooks
Down in the last 7 days:4,081#43,800by Jon Weatherhead13 years ago
Prioritize Hooks allows the overriding of the priority of various filters and actions hooked by plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Another Show Hooks
Up in the last 7 days:1,944#44,043by Exlac4 years ago
Show the origin of an action or filter hook sequentially which helps a developer to debug quickly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Beans Visual Hook Guide
Up in the last 7 days:2,653#44,054by Jeff Cleverley8 years ago
A useful companion tool for theme development with the Beans Framework. Displays all possible Markup Action Hooks made available by the Beans HTML AP …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CU Debug Tool by CodeUnion
#45,357by hydr4x3 months ago
A professional, modular debugging toolbar for developers. Inspect SQL, Rewrite Rules, Hooks, Cron events, and Options without cluttering the frontend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sectors
Down in the last 7 days:1,929#47,386by Joachim Jensen2 years ago
What if you could add templates, actions, and filters depending on the context?
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hooktrail
#48,880by anu77106312 days ago
See every hook that ran on a page, which plugin is behind it, how long it took, what it changed, and the queries and PHP warnings each plugin caused.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hook Injector
Up in the last 7 days:5,582#50,203by dharmilkumar8 months ago
Inject custom Gutenberg blocks without writing code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

HookTrace
#50,336by SmilingSyntax9 months ago
Cross-Plugin Debug & Trace Recorder - Records and visualizes hook execution order for WordPress developers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Notificator
Up in the last 7 days:3,698#53,120by Vagelis25 days ago
Turn WordPress events into dashboard alerts, with optional mobile push and MQTT delivery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HRTSoftX
#55,067by HRTSoftX1 month ago
Add Gutenberg content to WordPress hooks and control its visibility with conditions, user roles, devices, and shortcodes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hooks Reference
#55,303by moon03261 year ago
Scans all installed plugins to identify where WordPress hooks (add_action, do_action, add_filter, apply_filters) are used.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Events Hooks Listeners
#55,472by Shaharia Azam7 years ago
Listen various events from Wordpress Core actions and perform actions. You can setup various workflow based on specific actions happening in Wordpress …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Anywhere Notice for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:7,265#64,409by Sitepact1 year ago
A powerful plugin for placing notices anywhere on your WooCommerce store using flexible display rules and hooks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DLM
#65,101by Razvan Aldea1 year ago
Download Monitor is a plugin for uploading and managing downloads, tracking downloads and displaying links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
MITS Profiler
#71,740by wpaluchmits4 months ago
Lightweight WordPress performance profiler. No HTTP loopback requests — works behind Cloudflare and any proxy.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Togglecraft for WooCommerce
#73,974by rutvap6 months ago
Short Description: Customize WooCommerce pages without code. Add content, rename labels, and control store elements easily.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day