by Rick Beckman 3.7 (6 reviews)

OpenHook

Name: OpenHook
Rating: 3.7 (6 reviews)
Author: Rick Beckman

Add customizations to any hook in WordPress and any hook-enabled theme or plugin from within your admin panel! Wanna play hooky?

OpenHook ranks #6,189 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #799 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Sep 29, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.3.14 (Current: 7.1.4)

v4.3.1 Current Version v4.3.1

Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 29 Sep, 2023

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#799 of 8,848 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -9.4% this week No update in over a year

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Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (6 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Dec 31, 2025 UNPATCHED

OpenHook [thesis-openhook] <= 4.3.1 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-62120 · No fix released
Sep 29, 2023

OpenHook [thesis-openhook] < 4.3.1 (closed)

CVE-2023-5201 · Fixed in v4.3.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.3.1
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2023
Requires WP: 4.1+
Tested Up To: 6.3.14
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Rick Beckman

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

OpenHook is for WordPress site owners who want to customize theme and plugin hooks without editing PHP files directly. It provides an admin panel interface to add HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, or shortcode customizations to any hook, including predefined hooks for popular themes.

Customize any hook via admin panel
Predefined hooks for Astra theme
Support for legacy themes (Headway, Thesis, Flat, K2)
OpenBox for Thesis 2
Header and footer hook access
Selectively disable actions
Hook visualization on front-end
Shortcodes: email, global, php, snap

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about OpenHook

First, ensure you have enabled OpenBox in the Thesis 2.1.x "boxes" screen (OpenBox should be checkmarked and you'll need to press the save button). Second, visit the Thesis skin editor. Add instances of OpenBox from the boxes dropdown menu, and drag them into your skin template wherever you would like them to be. I recommend opening each instance of OpenBox (via the gear icon) and giving it a unique name so that they are not all "OpenBox." Finally, once you have saved your template, return to the regular admin panel and visit Thesis' skin content page. On this page, you'll be shown a list of all of the custom boxes, including OpenBoxes, you've added to your template, at which point you can edit them to your liking. Yes, this is convoluted, and for that I apologize; fortunately, it isn't my fault.

OpenHook 3 and newer does not automatically import pre-existing customizations. You will need to visit the OpenHook settings page accessible at Settings -> OpenHook; once there, you can use the "Upgrade from OpenHook 2" button to import your pre-existing customizations to the new schema. You'll then need to activate the Thesis & WordPress action groups as needed from the same settings page.

Of course! However, what you are able to do with OpenHook will be limited. Still, you will have access to WordPress' few public-facing hooks, the new shortcodes, and the phpinfo() panel.

Astra can be downloaded at the WordPress theme repository. Headway can be purchased at Headway Themes. Themes which support the Theme Hook Alliance hooks are listed at GitHub. Flat is no longer available. K2 is no longer available. Thesis is no longer available.

If you have already modified your theme's installation via functions.php, custom_functions.php, or some other similar file, you are welcome to port those changes into OpenHook to manage all of your changes in one place. Note that your blog will use both your theme's custom functions and OpenHook, so the two are complementary. Likewise, your theme's custom functions file will be processed after OpenHook, so you can override OpenHook via the custom functions file, if you need to.

Due to the powerful nature of OpenHook, access is restricted only to the highest level of users (i.e., those with the edit_themes permission).

OpenHook is a powerful tool for customizing your site; however, with great power comes, ahem, great responsibility. You are able to use any (ANY!) PHP code within your OpenHook-managed customizations; any other administrators on your site with access to OpenHook can do the same. The freedom allowed means that database credentials could be displayed, your database could be deleted, or your entire site could be defaced. Therefore, while OpenHook certainly can be dangerous, if you have only trusted administrators on your site, you have nothing to worry about.

K2 is a pretty old WordPress theme -- an abandoned one, for all I can tell. However, it was the first theme that ever had a "hooks" plugin made for it -- K2 Hook Up, which the first version of OpenHook was based upon. The K2 theme is included to honor its place in WordPress history. OpenHook now allows access to all of its hooks, including one which K2 Hook Up didn't! I would also love to see a theme developer pick up K2 and update it for today's users. It's a great theme that shouldn't fade away completely.