Astra Hooks
by Brainstorm Force · Uncategorized
Also makes 33 other plugins · 7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Add your content to Hooks in the Astra theme from the customizer.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “screenshots”, “screenshot” and “insert javascript” to your wp.org tags. You rank #16, #17 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 167.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 69 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| hooks | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| customizer hooks your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| astra hooks your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| hook | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| astra theme your tag | #2 | #3 | up 1 |
| astra | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| wordpress hooks | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| theme hooks | #2 | #11 | 0 |
| wp hooks | #7 | #22 | down 2 |
| screenshots | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| screenshot | #17 | #21 | up 1 |
| insert javascript | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “screenshots”, “screenshot” and “insert javascript” to your wp.org tags. You rank #16, #17 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 16 Jul 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nicohood5.6y ago
As already stated in my forum post, this plugin will add after content Hooks also to the archive/ALL pages. If you want to add a donate button at the bottom of each post, it would be also shown in every archive post entry, even after the summary. So this plugin is basically a free teaser of Astra Premium, nothing more. Usecases are limited, however it is a nice idea and might be helpful to some of you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ GregW7.5y ago
This plugin takes the Astra theme to a whole new level by giving the site developer extensive ways to add ‘any’ content into pretty much any part of your website. This includes the addition of php, js, html and css code into places like the head of your site for things like google tags etc. Previously I have had to implement specific plugins for each type of code I wanted to use. Together with the Astra Theme, Astra Pro (not essential) and this plugin, it has enabled me to remove quite a number of plugins that I now no longer need. Thanks heaps guys for the must have addition to the Astra Theme – well done
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ traorestan8.1y ago
well done
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Svensonsan8.3y ago
Using this on the free Astra Theme. This is an awesome extension of the free theme. I never seen such a huge and easy to access collection of hooks in a free theme. Highly appreciated that this is possible. This save me so much time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Verdi Heinz8.7y ago
When you have Astra Pro, hooks areas are already there. Not sure why there isn’t an explicit notice like “Astra Pro users do not need this plugin!”. Even so, very useful plugin when using just the free version of Astra.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cpfcomputer9.1y ago
I had to insert Piwik Tracking Code into the Astra Theme. This Plugin makes it possible to insert Code and gives you the Freedom of where to place this Code in the Astra Theme. Fantastic!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add your content to Hooks in the Astra theme from the customizer."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 596 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("astra hooks", "customizer hooks" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-31 30K+ → 20K+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-10-21 20K+ → 30K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-18 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1478 days in tier
- 2021-10-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 426 days in tier
- 2020-08-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 263 days in tier
- 2019-11-12 8K+ → 10K+ up after 238 days in tier
- 2019-03-19 5K+ → 8K+ up after 108 days in tier
- 2018-12-01 4K+ → 5K+ up after 91 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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