The Comprehensive List of Thesis Hooks and Thesis Filters

When it comes to being a Thesis developer, there is one thing I have been unable to live without: Thesis Hooks. Good ol’ Chris Pearson has hooked us devs up with…well, a ton of hooks. The Thesis hooks list below tells you all 54 hooks in the order they appear in hooks.php. Before the list of hooks is the filters list with the corresponding file name.

Thesis Filters List

1. Comments.PHP

   • thesis_comments_link
   • thesis_comments_intro
   • thesis_avatar
   • thesis_comments_navigation

2. Compatibility.PHP

   • thesis_custom_field_keys

3. Content.PHP

   • thesis_content_classes
   • thesis_image_caption_shortcode

4. Document.PHP

   • thesis_body_classes

5. Widgets.PHP

   • thesis_search_form_value

Thesis Hooks List

1. thesis_hook_before_html - right after body.custom
2. thesis_hook_after_html - after #container and before /body
3. thesis_hook_before_header - between .menu and #header
4. thesis_hook_after_header - between #header and #content_box, before thesis_hook_before_content_box
5. thesis_hook_header - within #header, after #tagline, after thesis_hook_after_title
6. thesis_hook_before_title - within #header before #logo
7. thesis_hook_after_title - within #header, after #tagline, before thesis_hook_header
8. thesis_hook_first_nav_item - right after .menu, before the first li
9. thesis_hook_last_nav_item - within .menu, right after last li
10. thesis_hook_before_content_box - between #header and #content_box, after thesis_hook_after_header
11. thesis_hook_after_content_box - between #content_box and #footer
12. thesis_hook_content_box_top -
13. thesis_hook_content_box_bottom -
14. thesis_hook_before_content - right after #content
15. thesis_hook_after_content - at the end of #content, after .prev_next
16. thesis_hook_before_content_area - before #content_area, only in full width framework
17. thesis_hook_after_content_area - after #content_area, only in full width framework
18. thesis_hook_feature_box - within #feature_box, either the first item within #content, between #header and #content_box, or between .menu and #header
19. thesis_hook_before_post_box - after #content, before first post
20. thesis_hook_after_post_box - within each .post, at the very end
21. thesis_hook_before_teasers_box - within and at the beginning of .teasers_box
22. thesis_hook_after_teasers_box - after each .teasers_box div
23. thesis_hook_before_post - within and at the very beginning of .format_text
24. thesis_hook_after_post - at the end of .format_text, after .to_comments
25. thesis_hook_before_teaser_box - before each .teaser
26. thesis_hook_after_teaser_box - after each .teaser [this one is a little tricky]
27. thesis_hook_before_teaser - first thing within .format_teaser
28. thesis_hook_after_teaser - last thing within .format_teaser
29. thesis_hook_before_headline - first thing within headline_area
30. thesis_hook_after_headline - right after .entry-title
31. thesis_hook_before_teaser_headline - before each .teaser's .entry-title
32. thesis_hook_after_teaser_headline - right below each .teaser's .entry-title
33. thesis_hook_byline_item - right after .headline_meta
34. thesis_hook_before_comment_meta - first thing within each dt.comment
35. thesis_hook_after_comment_meta - last thing within each dt.comment
36. thesis_hook_after_comment - last thing within each dd.comment .comment-body-n
37. thesis_hook_after_comments - right after dl#comment_list
38. thesis_hook_comment_form_top -
39. thesis_hook_comment_field - right after #comment_form p
40. thesis_hook_after_comment_box -
41. thesis_hook_comment_form_bottom -
42. thesis_hook_comment_form - right after .comment_box, before the submit button
43. thesis_hook_archives_template - Used to customize the appearance of the Archives Template (archives.php). This hook calls the thesis_archives_template function by default. //from DIYthemes
44. thesis_hook_custom_template - your very own custom page custom template replacing #content_box
45. thesis_hook_faux_admin - within div#content_box (and also div#column_wrap if a sidebars-first three-column layout is in use) //from DIYthemes
46. thesis_hook_archive_info - Above the first post only on archive views. //from DIYthemes
47. thesis_hook_404_title - within a 404 page's .headline_meta h1
48. thesis_hook_404_content - last thing within a 404 page's .format_text
49. thesis_hook_before_sidebars - first thing within #sidebars
50. thesis_hook_after_sidebars - last thing within #sidebars
51. thesis_hook_multimedia_box - contents of #multimedia_box #custom_box
52. thesis_hook_after_multimedia_box - after #multimedia_box, before #sidebar_1 and/or #sidebar_2
53. thesis_hook_before_sidebar_1 - first thing within #sidebar_1 .sidebar_list, before the first li
54. thesis_hook_after_sidebar_1 - last thing within #sidebar_1 .sidebar_list, after the last li
55. thesis_hook_before_sidebar_2 - first thing within #sidebar_2 .sidebar_list, before the first li
56. thesis_hook_after_sidebar_2 - last thing within #sidebar_2 .sidebar_list, after the last li
57. thesis_hook_before_footer - right before #footer and after #content_box
58. thesis_hook_after_footer - after #footer, but still within #page
59. thesis_hook_footer - between attribution link and WP Admin link in #footer

Well, there you have it folks. A list of every single Thesis Hook available as of Thesis 1.6.

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