November 20, 2016 — WordPress is rich in hooks laid throughout the code base for anyone to use. In this talk, I speak about the purposes of actions and filters, and about the differences between them. I also share my technique of using ‘grep’ on plugins source code to quickly find their hooks and make their behavior suit my needs.

November 5, 2015 — This talk starts with an explanation of what WordPress action and filter hooks are and how to use them. We then go into the most common and helpful hooks for theme and plugin development. This will include helpful information for people who have not yet begun to use hooks much as well as supply those who do use them regularly with some helpful hints.