WordPress hooks sequence

Marc Wagner, July 22, 2022

The WordPress hooks are processed in the following series. More information is available directly in the WordPress Codex.

muplugins_loaded
registered_taxonomy
registered_post_type
plugins_loaded
sanitize_comment_cookies
setup_theme
load_textdomain
after_setup_theme
auth_cookie_malformed
auth_cookie_valid
set_current_user
init
widgets_init
register_sidebar
wp_register_sidebar_widget
wp_default_scripts
wp_default_styles
admin_bar_init
wp_loaded
parse_request
send_headers
parse_query
pre_get_posts
posts_selection
wp
template_redirect
get_header
wp_enqueue_scripts
wp_head
wp_print_styles
wp_print_scripts
get_search_form
loop_start
the_post
get_template_part_content
loop_end
get_sidebar
dynamic_sidebar
get_search_form
loop_start
the_post
get_template_part_content
loop_end
get_sidebar
dynamic_sidebar
get_search_form
pre_get_comments
wp_meta
get_footer
get_sidebar
wp_footer
wp_print_footer_scripts
admin_bar_menu
wp_before_admin_bar_render
wp_after_admin_bar_render
shutdown

First hook that can be used in the theme? #

The first hook that can be used from the theme is

“after_setup_theme”

All hooks before that can only be called via mu_plugins or plugins.

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Hi Marc here. I'm the founder of Forge12 Interactive and have been passionate about building websites, online stores, applications and SaaS solutions for businesses for over 20 years. Before founding the company, I already worked in publicly listed companies and acquired all kinds of knowledge. Now I want to pass this knowledge on to my customers.

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