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1. mila108
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am customizing a child theme within Genesis. What are the cons & pros of using hooks in a theme (ie, Genesis Simple Hooks) vs WordPress shortcodes, from performance and maintenance point of view? Are shortcodes plugins?

   Thanks!

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hooks are meant for programmers to be able to execute their code in specific situation.

   Shortcodes are meant to provide the user an easy way to 'invoke' the functionality of a plugin (e.g. putting the shortcode in a post's content and having it display a list of posts in a specific category).

3. mila108
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks, Michael. I understand the purpose. I used to program in different environments, but websites/WP/themes environment is new to me. My question was from performance and maintenance point of view... There are situations where a similar functionality is offered through widgets, hooks and shorthands, and I am trying to understand what's best from performance and maintenance point of view?

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I would guess shortcodes/plugins are slower that hooks.

   As far as maintenance, from an user standpoint shortcodes/widgets would be preferred.

5. mila108
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you.

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