Prior to indexing WP 2.8, I made a long-overdue fix to my WordPress hooks index. It now indexes hooks called by do_action_ref_array(), something that earlier versions omitted. As a result, you may find that some hooks that were defined prior to 2.8 show up in my site as being added in 2.8. Well, now you [...]

The official WordPress documentation lists just over 380 hooks. Yet according to my hooks directory, that’s fewer than half of the 800 action and filter hooks included in WordPress 2.7 Sheesh. (Click the chart to enlarge.)

I updated the WordPress Hooks Database today. Now, it gives options to view deprecated hooks by version. It also keeps track of hook renamings, so that if a hook was renamed, it will tell you that rather than just claiming that the hook was deleted. WP Hooks Directory

After announcing the WordPress hooks database last night, I went back and made several fixes and improvements. The biggest improvement: When viewing information about a single hook, my site automatically scrapes the official WordPress codex (don’t worry automattic, it’s cached). If it finds an entry for that hook, it displays it right there above the [...]

If you’re a plugin developer, you know how difficult it can be to figure out which hooks are available. This WordPress hooks database automatically scans each WP build for apply_filters() and do_action() to figure out exactly which hooks are available in each version. WordPress hooks database What is this good for? See what new hooks [...]