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Genesis Simple Hooks
Relief for Genesis users who hate editing code files.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
This utility simplifies hook management for Genesis users despite occasional plugin conflicts and compatibility concerns.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.6★
22 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+581%
Growing fast
16 → 106 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +581% in the last year
16/day a year ago→106/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGenesis Simple Hooks is well-regarded by Genesis framework users as a convenient way to manage action hooks without editing code, though it carries notable caveats around theme compatibility and potential conflicts with other plugins.
What people like
- +Simplifies adding hooks to Genesis by listing all available hooks in one place, removing the need to edit functions.php directly×3
- +Accessible to users who are not comfortable with coding, while still useful for experienced developers×2
- +Reported to run reliably on users' sites
Common complaints
- −Can conflict with other plugins, causing content (e.g. recipes, social media buttons) to appear twice on the page
- −Not compatible with at least one Genesis theme, and this limitation is buried in the FAQ rather than clearly stated in the plugin description
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.62★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 22 total
Latest reviews · 22 analyzed
- 2023-08-21★★★★★Good Plugin for Genesis ThemeAnonymous User 21067829
- 2022-05-20★★★★★ThanksBéryl de La Grandière
- 2020-04-14★★★★★Doubles my Recipe Pluginjessicadawson
- 2016-12-05★★★★★Great Plugin!avenuesfamilydentistry1-shot
- 2016-07-01★★★★★Great Plugin!prashaddey
- 2016-02-03★★★★★We use this all the timegordonium
- 2015-10-15★★★★★If you use Genesis, this is super helpfulamandathewebdev
- 2015-10-02★★★★★less digging into functions.phpWorkshoot
- 2015-09-28★★★★★Very userful!rothschild86
- 2015-08-27★★★★★Easiest way to harness Genesis HooksPaul Oyler
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
103
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
80
Prior 7-day baseline
80
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
511
Mean release-day peak (30d)
100
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+28.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
5.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.64 → 4.62★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered