WPeMatico Custom Hooks

1.4 Sep 30, 2026

Please note: the Wpematico_process_fetching entry has been retired from the hook list. WPeMatico marked that filter as deprecated some time ago and it is removed in WPeMatico 3.0. Its successor, wpematico_custom_simplepie, now takes its place on the list and runs at the same point. Code you already saved for the old filter is untouched and keeps working, but move it over before WPeMatico 3.0 arrives.

• A screen that belongs with the rest of WPeMatico. The Hooks tab now carries its own icon in the menu, opens with a proper header, and sits inside WPeMatico’s layout instead of pushing the page out of shape. The information about the plugin moved to WPeMatico’s own sidebar, in this plugin’s colours.
• See at a glance what you are actually running. The hook picker separates the ones you already have code on from the ones still available, and counts each group. Every box shows the hook’s real name and is marked when it carries code, so you no longer have to open them one by one to find your own work.
• Considerably quicker to open. The code editor is now prepared for the hook you are looking at, rather than for all ninety of them on every visit. On a screen that used to build dozens of editors nobody was going to read, that is the difference between a page that waits and a page that is ready.
• The hook list was brought in line with what WPeMatico does today, including the additions that came with its latest release. Hooks that reached your function with fewer values than WPeMatico actually sends them are corrected, and every description was rewritten against WPeMatico’s own code, so what the list tells you is what the hook does.
• Nothing is stored that could bring the site down. Some mistakes look perfectly correct to a syntax check and only fail once PHP runs them — at which point there is no catching them. Those are now recognised and refused before anything is saved, with the reason and the hook named.
• Your code runs whenever WPeMatico works. Saved hooks are no longer skipped on requests that had nothing to do with this screen.
• Help on the screen itself. Three help pages: what hooks are and how to choose one, what belongs in the editor, and how the editor works. Every entry in the list carries its own explanation and the (?) marks are there when you need them.
• Stylesheets follow the WordPress convention — the readable file while debugging, the compact one otherwise — and both are versioned with the plugin, so an update is never served from the browser’s cache.
• Works on WPeMatico 2.8.27 and on 2.9. Update this add-on before moving WPeMatico to 2.9, which asks for this version.

1.3 Aug 22, 2026

A major release. The plugin has been reviewed from top to bottom, modernized and made considerably more robust, so that writing your own PHP against WPeMatico is safe and predictable on any hosting.

• Instant, local syntax checking. Your code is now parsed in place the moment you save, and any mistake is reported with its exact line and reason. The check no longer needs your server to be able to reach itself over HTTP, so it works reliably on every host, including managed and firewalled ones.
• Conflict detection while you write. If two hooks would declare a function with the same name, or the name is already taken elsewhere in WordPress, you are told immediately and pointed at the hook that already uses it.
• Fault tolerant execution. Should any snippet be unable to run, the plugin now reports it in the admin with a clear explanation and a direct link to edit it, while the rest of your hooks keep working normally.
• Your code stays where you put it. Snippets are now bound to their hook by name, so installing, activating or deactivating WPeMatico extensions never shuffles them. Code written for an extension that is currently inactive is preserved instead of being lost.
• Smarter function detection. The functions attached to each hook are read from your code itself, so indented, multiple and by-reference declarations are always recognized.
• Lighter on every page load. Editor assets are now loaded only on the Hooks screen, and the work done on regular requests has been cut down substantially.
• Reviewed hooks catalogue, verified against the current WPeMatico core and its extensions, including hook names and parameter signatures, so every hook offered behaves exactly as described.
• Modernized and hardened codebase for current PHP and WordPress versions: stricter capability and input handling on the editor, cleaner translation loading, and no temporary PHP files written to disk.

1.2 Apr 29, 2021

• Added new filters of WPeMatico and many of its extensions.
• Fixes codemirror for rich text code.
• Introducing Filters groups to find them easier.
• Improved many help tips on filter selection.
• Bump WordPress version to 5.7.1

1.1.3 Aug 21, 2019

• Improves the Settings->Hooks screens. Now all is more intuitive.
• Hide all textareas without codes or filters.
• Updated all spanish translations.

1.1.2 Oct 19, 2018

• Added function filter wpematico_addcat_description filter to change the auto category descriptions.
• Added function filter Add filter wpematico_get_item_images.
• Fixes function parameter using “$this->”.
• Fixes an issue in action filters.
• Fixes a warning in area code on use tab for indentation.

1.1.1 Feb 27, 2018

• Added wpematico_imagen_src filter added in wpematico 1.9.1