Title: my-hacks.php “Legacy”?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# my-hacks.php “Legacy”?

 *  [zach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zach/)
 * (@zach)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/)
 * The WP 1.2 wp-admin has an option to “Use legacy my-hacks.php file support: “
   
   Regarding this function, the [wiki states:](http://wiki.wordpress.org/index.php/Use%20legacy%20my-hacks.php%20file%20support)
 * >  The my-hacks.php was actively used prior to WordPress v1.2 to contain all 
   > of the user’s hacks. Enable this option if you want to continue using the hacks
   > that can be placed in the my-hacks.php file.
 * Am I wrong to infer that this means there is a new, more sanctioned, way to include‘
   hacks’? If so, is there any written documentation that I could be pointed to?

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 *  [Kitten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitten/)
 * (@kitten)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/#post-49826)
 * my-hacks used to be the only place to extend WP, now there’s plugins. So most
   of the popular ‘hack’ should be migrating to the plugin style archetecture. But
   my-hacks is still useful, it’s a great place to add little bits of code to your
   own site. You can turn it off if you want. I have my count down function in there.
 *  Thread Starter [zach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zach/)
 * (@zach)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/#post-49828)
 * Thanks Kitten. That was an (incredibly) fast and thorough answer : )
    Man, I 
   love WordPress people.
 *  [Kitten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitten/)
 * (@kitten)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/#post-49839)
 * 🙂
 *  [tinuviel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinuviel/)
 * (@tinuviel)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/#post-50215)
 * For some reason my checkbox next to Use legacy my-hacks.php file support won’t
   stay checked after I press “update options” – anyone else having this trouble?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [tinuviel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinuviel/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-legacy/#post-50215)
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