Timeline for Difference Between Filter and Action Hooks?
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| Mar 17 at 22:46 | comment | added | ecv | I'm really glad I have found both this question and this answer. I'm sure most upvoters of these do reflect like I do upon the thought that they're essentially the same thing and found the confirmation and subtleties explanation in this answer satisfactorily clarifying. | |
| Jun 13, 2015 at 23:13 | comment | added | MikeSchinkel | @TheStoryCoder "Is it purely for semantic reasons?" It seems that is exactly what my answer explained, five (5) years ago...? | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 7:27 | comment | added | TheStoryCoder | To me it seems like you could have just used filters for everything, since returning a variable is optional in PHP. Anybody knows why WordPress developers chose to have two separate terms? Is it purely for semantic reasons? Technically I can't see the need for it... | |
| Aug 29, 2010 at 23:37 | vote | accept | Sruly | ||
| Aug 29, 2010 at 22:29 | history | edited | MikeSchinkel | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Small edits for heading and joining paragraphs
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| Aug 29, 2010 at 13:57 | history | answered | MikeSchinkel | CC BY-SA 2.5 |