Hooks allow you to add content and plugins to your theme, without editing any of the core files (So you can safely upgrade your theme later without losing all of your customizations!)
For most users, you’ll find that the options panel and widgets page will let you do all the editing you need.
But if you’d like to do that bit extra to customize your site further, or install a few extra plugins to have it running exactly the way you want, then hooks are for you.
They’re fairly straightforward to use, and once you’ve added one, you’ll find the rest are a snap!
You can use the 3 new tutorials in our support section to find out more and learn how to start using hooks right now:
- Adding Content/Plugins with Hooks
- Hooks List (With plenty of diagrams to make the hook you need easy to find)
- Advanced Hook Use (Reordering, removing content, and conditional tags)
And if you have any trouble getting to grips with them, just post in the forum!
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25th August 2010
Keith Davis said:
Hi Michael
“Hooks allow you to add content and plugins to your theme, without editing any of the core files (So you can safely upgrade your theme later without losing all of your customizations!)”
Still not sure what hooks do but that sounds like a great reason for using them.
Hope you are keeping up with your university studies… and not spending all your time blogging. LOL
BTW – my daughter has just got into Exeter – we can all breathe a sigh of relief.
27th August 2010
Michael Martin said:
Hey Keith!
The reason to use them would be that they’re the only way to add more content (Things like plugins) to your theme, and still be able to upgrade later.
They are kind of complicated though, no doubt about that. For now, all the support docs and guides for using hooks are just to bide us over until I have a better system in place that makes things like this a snap
Glad to say I don’t have to keep up with uni anymore! This is my placement year, and the university has approved me working for myself, so I’m full time self-employed until next September! And loving it!
(And I think it’s nice and fair if I reply to the last little bit on your blog!
)
29th August 2010
Keith Davis said:
Placement year sounds good and a guaranteed place next year sounds even better.
Appreciate your visit and comment on my humble site. LOL
30th August 2010
Michael Martin said:
Definitely! The hard part is just making sure that in a year from now I can definitely say I made the most of it!
You can help me be the judge of that come the time!
31st August 2010