HootKit

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1. ★★★★★ geeorgegeorge

   8mo ago

   excellect service

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2. ★★★★★ findfy

   3.4y ago

   The template, plugin and support of wphoot.com are just the best. I am a beginer and they helped me more than i hoped for. Thanks guys, keep up the good work

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3. ★★★★★ paulie562

   3.9y ago

   Problem solved in less than a day. AS USUAL! Honestly, I’ve never received this kind of support from a software company. WPHoot doesn’t brag about their outstanding support nearly as much as they should!

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4. ★★★★★ hymerliv

   5.2y ago

   Jasin is very helpful when I had problems with my site.

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5. ★★★★★ nemacocy

   5.4y ago

   Plugin updated and all the widgets within it vanished without warning, removing them from my site. Now I’ve got to find new widgets plugins and reconfigure everything…

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6. ★★★★★ dgadoury

   5.6y ago

   Top-notch capability and features come with this amazing plugin and associated themes.

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   5.6y ago

   I love the support that wpHoot gives to their customers.

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8. ★★★★★ qdhd99

   5.7y ago

   and great service.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.0.6 Update demopacks manifest structure (allow $manifest[‘themename’] to have its own pack info while still having multidemos) Add bridge functions and classes for new themes with themename prefixes Update filter names for n 3.0.6
2. — Version 3.0.5 Improve Import UX Add demopacks for Voltino theme 3.0.5
3. — Version 3.0.4 Minor CSS and display fixes Updated new demopacks manifest for theme importer 3.0.4
4. — Version 3.0.3 Support ‘widgets-v3’ files Move Post/Content Grid to v3 widgets – using css Grid Updated new demopacks manifest for theme importer Remove support for ‘post-grid-firstpost-category’ Standardize “style-” classes to “textst 3.0.3
5. — Version 3.0.2 Support import of ‘_menu-item-hootmenu’ during menu import in XML (eg. contains menu item bg/font colors) Page Content widget Add options for Social Icons widget (accent bg and shape) Postcarousel widget – remove ‘hootki 3.0.2
6. — Version 3.0.1 Widgets as Shortcode misc module Fix bug in Content Grid widget – First post as standard size ‘Open in new tab’ option for multiple widgets Postcarousel widget – allow ‘hootkit_carousel_titleascaption’ filter 3.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-01-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 203 days in tier
2. 2024-07-02 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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• H Hoot Import 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A

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HootKit: 8K+ active installs, 4.4★ (22 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hootkit