Title: my-hacks.php vs includes
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# my-hacks.php vs includes

 *  [Roar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rori/)
 * (@rori)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-vs-includes/)
 * Hi.
 * I think I am confusing myself.
 * Do my-hacks take the place of includes, such as a random quotes include, or an
   include of webrings listing?
 * I think I might be making things more complicated than they need to be.
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-vs-includes/#post-148558)
 * my-hacks.php is a legacy back to before WP had plugins. You could use the my-
   hacks to pull in information in the form of other includes, but then you might
   as well just use the includes where you need to.

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 * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-hacksphp-vs-includes/#post-148558)
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