David Beja

<p>Captain Hooks is a robust WordPress plugin designed to give developers an in-depth look at all the hooks available in their WordPress environment. Explore actions, filters, and shortcodes like never before!</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Comprehensive Hook Listing</strong>: Easily list and search all hooks (actions and filters) across any theme or plugin installed.</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode Insight</strong>: View all shortcodes, along with their parameters.</li>
<li><strong>Code Implementation Viewer</strong>: Quickly pinpoint where the hooks and shortcodes are implemented within the code.</li>
<li><strong>Sample Codes</strong>: Not sure how to use a hook? Get code samples instantly.</li>
<li><strong>Live Mode</strong>: An advanced feature to monitor actions or filters in real-time and log all its parameters for better debugging.</li>
</ul>


Captain Hooks

Captain Hooks is a WordPress plugin that provides developers with a comprehensive view of all actions, filters, and shortcodes of their environment.

kdmurthy

<p>WpPDE is a development environment for WordPress. You can create your own plugins and maintain them using WpPDE.</p>
<p>WpPDE allows you to create plugins that contain:</p>
<ul>
<li>Widgets</li>
<li>Actions</li>
<li>Hooks</li>
</ul>
<p>WpPDE integrates with <a href="http://ace.ajax.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Ace editor</a> to provide a productive development environment.</p>
<p>WpPDE also facilitate easy creation of readme files for your plugins.</p>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – Plugin Development Environment</a> – Official home page</li>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – User Guide</a> – Documentation for WpPDE plugin</li>
<li><a href="http://wp-pde.jaliansystems.com/tutorials/" rel="nofollow ugc">WpPDE – Tutorials</a> – Selected screencasts demonstrating the functionality.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin Elements</h4>
<p>Use the <strong>Plugin Elements</strong> box to add different type of items to your plugin. You can add:</p>
<ul>
<li>Actions</li>
<li>Filters</li>
<li>Widgets (More on this in the next section)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widgets</h4>
<p>Once a widget element is added to the plugin, you can configure it in the GUI. You can also add form elements to the widget. WpPDE automatically creates the widget form for you including saving of the widget data. You just need to provide the display code (corresponding to <code>widget()</code> method).</p>
<h4>Form Elements</h4>
<p>You can various kinds of form elements to the widget. These include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Labels (with various styles)</li>
<li>Checkbox</li>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Text Area</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>Dropdown lists</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also hide/unhide dependent elements using the value of the selected item for checkbox, radio and dropdown items.</p>
<h4>External Files</h4>
<p>You can add external files (javascript, css, PHP etc.) to your plugin using the <code>External Files</code> box. WpPDE even lets you enqueue(or require) the files automatically.</p>
<h4>Readme Generation</h4>
<p>WpPDE can generate readme files (in standard wordpress readme format or markdown format for github). Provide the information in <code>About the Plugin</code> box and let WpPDE generate the files for you.</p>
<h4>Editor Options</h4>
<p>You can change the editor options using the <code>Editor Options</code> box.</p>


WpPDE

A development environment for creating plugins with support for widgets, actions and hooks.

Captain Hooks vs WpPDE