THA Hooks Interface
by Slobodan Manić · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
THA Hooks Interface allows you to customize and alter theme functionality from within dashboard by hooking into Theme Hook Alliance hooks.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “tha”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 4.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4069 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4069 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thematosoup your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| theme hook alliance your tag | #8 | #8 | 0 |
| tha your tag | #14 | #18 | 0 |
| hooks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “tha”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “hooks” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 158 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.1y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 10 Sep 2015
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Chris Reynolds12.4y ago
It seems obvious that a first plugin to fully make use of all Theme Hook Alliance hooks would just give you a bunch of boxes to throw some code into. That said, it’s fantastic for what it does, which is give you a way to easily throw content or code into any of those areas of the theme that the THA hooks were designed for. Want a subscribe link under all your posts? Done. Entry tab, use tha_entry_bottom. Want some sidebar ads? Sure — Sidebars → tha_sidebars_top / tha_sidebars_bottom. It’s a shame there aren’t more plugins that use THA hooks, but until there are, this plugins provides a valuable entry point for adding that functionality to your site.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "THA Hooks Interface allows you to customize and alter theme functionality from within dashboard by hooking..."
- ! 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 One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and 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 968 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-05 30+ → 20+ down after 684 days in tier
- 2023-08-21 40+ → 30+ down after 302 days in tier
- 2022-10-23 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2022-10-18 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2022-10-07 50+ → 40+ down after 184 days in tier
- 2022-04-06 60+ → 50+ down after 235 days in tier
- 2021-08-14 70+ → 60+ down after 641 days in tier
- 2019-11-12 100+ → 70+ down
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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Genesis Simple Sidebars 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B - H Homepage Control 9K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Debug This 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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