OpenHook
by Rick Beckman · Uncategorized
Add customizations to any hook in WordPress and any hook-enabled theme or plugin from within your admin panel! Wanna play hooky?
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “astra” for “headway themes”. “astra” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “headway themes” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 282.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1129 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1129 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| headway your tag | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| headway themes | #8 | #10 | 0 |
| theme hook alliance | #5 | #5 | down 1 |
| headway theme | #8 | #10 | 0 |
| astra your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom code your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| flat your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “astra” for “headway themes”. “astra” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “headway themes” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
3.1y ago
latest release · v4.3.1 · 29 Sep 2023
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ handyguyspodcast10.3y ago
I believe this plugin to be broken with WordPress 4.5.3 and Thesis 1.8.6. Support post has gone unanswered for a week leading me to believe this plugin has been abandoned. Use at your own risk. I’ll retract my assertion this is broken and abandoned if proven otherwise.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gordboy11.7y ago
This works very well with a legacy site I run with thesis 1.6. Great to be able to attach code to thesis hooks without editing theme files.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gecko_guy13.2y ago
Quick access to all hooks present in Headway and Infinite customization in infinite combinations. This is not quite correct. You cannot target individual blocks by ID, so the hooks are useful for global customizations but this is rather limiting. Fortunately you can use your own PHP, but then you can also just as well use a Headway Custom Code block, or a child theme without the need for another plugin.. Unfortunately my requests for more information have not been answered, and now I am worried that the plugin is not being kept updated. It works in 3.6, but for how long? That is not to say I don’t appreciate what it does, it is very handy and I like it a lot, but is missing some important functionality.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ catherinepope13.3y ago
This is a real time-saver – very simple and effective.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryanjjames13.7y ago
After using Thesis for nearly a year, I am now getting a full appreciation for what a great tool it is and how valuable this plugin is.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mclanea13.8y ago
I’ve used OpenHook for a while. It certainly does the job and I’ve got no complaint with that. My only warning to new users is to make sure you read the documentation each time before you update this plugin. There are commonly instructions that you need to follow for everything to continue working. Because of that I’ve actually started using this plugin less and trying to phase out my dependency on it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (4.3.1). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Patched Critical · 9.9 OpenHook <= 4.3.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via Shortcode ↗
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 55 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 31 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add customizations to any hook in WordPress and any hook-enabled theme or plugin from within your admin pan..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,374 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom code" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 586 days in tier
- 2023-04-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 501 days in tier
- 2021-12-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 284 days in tier
- 2021-02-27 6K+ → 4K+ down after 413 days in tier
- 2020-01-11 7K+ → 6K+ down after 145 days in tier
- 2019-08-19 9K+ → 7K+ down after 378 days in tier
- 2018-08-06 10K+ → 9K+ down after 586 days in tier
- 2016-12-28 20K+ → 10K+ 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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LuckyWP Scripts Control 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Flat Preloader 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Home Page Banner for Astra Theme 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Custom CSS 900+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
QuadMenu – Astra Mega Menu 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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