Rae Hoffman provides a "not technical" explanation of hooks, how you make them and why you need them, compliments of Chris Pearson, the author of the Thesis Theme, a publishing and design framework
for WordPress. Thesis now runs on "hooks," which Pearson describes as similar to an application program interface (API), which provides a set of basic Web commands used to add, subtract and customize
functions.
Hooks are various parts of your blog, while functions are the content appearing within them, according to Hoffman. Each section in the blog post has a hook. Headers are
controlled by thesis_hook_header, for example. The post provides several examples for using Thesis hooks, such as adding social bookmark icons, changing the footer, and adding social profile plugins.
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