[Resolved] Can’t get hook elements to work

[Neil]

Hi

I’ve been trying to use hook elements, but have never managed to get them to show up on my pages. The latest one I tried was this: https://www.wplogout.com/create-social-sharing-buttons-in-generatepress-without-plugin/ – I can’t get the social sharing icons to appear on the pages.

I previously attempted to get Yoast breadcrumbs to work, by following step-by-step instructions, also to no avail. Can you help me figure out what I’m doing wrong? See private info for login details.

Thank you very much!

[Elvin]

Hi there,

I recommend watching the video on Hook Element found here:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-element-overview/

The contents of that documents are useful info as well. Please check them out. 🙂

Here’s a brief documentation of how to add yoast breadcrumbs:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-breadcrumbs/#using-hooks-element

As for the article you’ve linked:

While it’s lengthy, most are pretty much correct except maybe for step #3.

3. Now go to the Hook Settings and Choose Hook Location as after_entry_content. Click on Execute PHP

generate_after_entry_content should be used instead of after_entry_content. This matters because having the wrong hook will not display the the Hook Element’s code on the desired location.

[Neil]

Hi, I do things exactly as described in the video and documentation and still nothing shows on the page. I did use generate_after_entry_content. But nothing shows. I’ve cleared all caches several times. I”m at a loss as to why the hook element doesn’t work.

[Neil]

Got it – I was using the hooks for posts rather than pages (which are quite different). They now show! Thanks for all your help 🙂

[Elvin]

Got it – I was using the hooks for posts rather than pages (which are quite different). They now show! Thanks for all your help 🙂

Ah that makes sense. Yes posts and page are completely different posts types. It’s important to specify those as well.

Glad you got it sorted. No problem. 🙂

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