Front-office Hooks

New hooks since v1.4

Hook name	Hook description
actionAdminMetaControllerUpdate_optionsBefore
actionAdminMetaSave	After saving configuration in AdminMeta
actionAuthentication
actionBeforeAuthentication	Before authentication
actionCartSave
actionCustomerAccountAdd	Called when a new customer successfully creates account
actionHtaccessCreate	After .htaccess creation
actionObjectCategoryDeleteAfter
actionObjectCategoryUpdateAfter
actionObjectCmsDeleteAfter
actionObjectCmsUpdateAfter
actionObjectManufacturerDeleteAfter
actionObjectManufacturerUpdateAfter
actionObjectProductDeleteAfter
actionObjectProductUpdateAfter
actionObjectSupplierDeleteAfter
actionObjectSupplierUpdateAfter
actionOrderDetail	To set the follow-up in Smarty when order detail is called.
actionOrderReturn
actionOrderSlipAdd	Called when a quantity of one product change in an order.
actionOrderStatusPostUpdate
actionOrderStatusUpdate	Launch modules when the order's status changes.
actionPaymentCCAdd	Payment CC added
actionPaymentConfirmation
actionSearch
actionShopDataDuplication
actionTaxManager
actionUpdateQuantity	Quantity is updated only when the customer effectively place his order.
actionValidateOrder
actionWatermark
displayAdminCustomers	Launch modules when the tab AdminCustomers is displayed on back-office.
displayAdminOrder	Launch modules when the tab AdminOrder is displayed on back-office.
displayAdminStatsGraphEngine
displayAdminStatsGridEngine
displayAdminStatsModules
displayBackOfficeFooter
displayBackOfficeHeader
displayBackOfficeHome
displayBackOfficeTop
displayBeforeCarrier	This hook is display before the carrier list on Front office
displayBeforePayment	Redirect user to the module instead of displaying payment modules
displayCarrierList
displayCustomerAccount	Display on page account of the customer
displayCustomerAccountForm	Display some information on the form to create a customer account
displayCustomerAccountFormTop
displayFooter	Add block in footer
displayFooterProduct	Add new blocks under the product description
displayHeader	A hook which allow you to do things in the header of each pages
displayHome
displayInvoice	Add blocks to invoice (order)
displayLeftColumn
displayLeftColumnProduct
displayMyAccountBlock	Display extra information inside the "my account" block
displayMyAccountBlockfooter	Display extra information inside the "my account" block
displayOrderConfirmation	Called on order confirmation page
displayOrderDetail	Displayed on order detail on front office
displayPayment
displayPaymentReturn
displayPaymentTop	Top of payment page
displayPDFInvoice	Allow the display of extra information into the PDF invoice
displayProductButtons	Put new action buttons on product page
displayProductComparison	Extra Product Comparison
displayProductTab	Called on order product page tabs
displayProductTabContent	Called on order product page tabs
displayRightColumn
displayRightColumnProduct
displayShoppingCart	Display some specific information
displayShoppingCartFooter	Display some specific information on the shopping cart page
displayTop	A hook which enables you to do things at the top of each page.
displayHeader	A hook which allow you to do things in the header of each pages
displayHome
displayInvoice	Add blocks to invoice (order)
displayLeftColumn
displayLeftColumnProduct
displayMyAccountBlock	Display extra information inside the "my account" block
displayMyAccountBlockfooter	Display extra information inside the "my account" block
displayOrderConfirmation	Called on order confirmation page
displayOrderDetail	Displayed on order detail on front office
displayPDFInvoice	Allow the display of extra information into the PDF invoice
displayPayment
displayPaymentReturn
displayPaymentTop	Top of payment page
displayProductButtons	Put new action buttons on product page
displayProductComparison	Extra Product Comparison
displayProductTab	Called on order product page tabs
displayProductTabContent	Called on order product page tabs
displayRightColumn
displayRightColumnProduct
displayShoppingCart	Display some specific information
displayShoppingCartFooter	Display some specific information on the shopping cart page
displayTop	A hook which enables you to do things at the top of each page.

Updated hooks since v1.4

Most of these hooks are the same as they were in version 1.4 of PrestaShop, but have been renamed with either an "action" or "display" prefix in order to be compatible with the new 1.5 naming scheme.

Old hook name	New hook name	Hook description
AdminStatsModules	displayAdminStatsModules
GraphEngine	displayAdminStatsGraphEngine
GridEngine	displayAdminStatsGridEngine
PDFInvoice	displayPDFInvoice	Allow the display of extra information into the PDF invoice
addproduct	actionProductAdd
adminCustomers	displayAdminCustomers	Launch modules when the tab AdminCustomers is displayed on back-office.
adminOrder	displayAdminOrder	Launch modules when the tab AdminOrder is displayed on back-office.
afterCreateHtaccess	actionHtaccessCreate	After `.htaccess` creation
afterDeleteAttribute	actionAttributeDelete	On deleting attribute feature value
afterDeleteAttributeGroup	actionAttributeGroupDelete	On deleting attribute group
afterDeleteFeature	actionFeatureDelete	On deleting attribute feature
afterDeleteFeatureValue	actionFeatureValueDelete	On deleting attribute feature value
afterSaveAdminMeta	actionAdminMetaSave	After save configuration in AdminMeta
afterSaveAttribute	actionAttributeSave	On saving attribute feature value
afterSaveAttributeGroup	actionAttributeGroupSave	On saving attribute group
afterSaveFeature	actionFeatureSave	On saving attribute feature
afterSaveFeatureValue	actionFeatureValueSave	On saving attribute feature value
afterSaveProduct	actionProductSave	On saving products
attributeForm	displayAttributeForm	Add fields to the form "attribute value"
attributeGroupForm	displayAttributeGroupForm	Add fields to the form "attribute group"
authentication	actionAuthentication
backBeforePayment	displayBeforePayment	Redirect user to the module instead of displaying payment modules
backOfficeFooter	displayBackOfficeFooter
backOfficeHeader	displayBackOfficeHeader
backOfficeHome	displayBackOfficeHome
backOfficeTop	displayBackOfficeTop
beforeAuthentication	actionBeforeAuthentication	Before authentication
beforeCarrier	displayBeforeCarrier	This hook is display before the carrier list on Front office
cancelProduct	actionProductCancel	This hook is called when you cancel a product in an order
cart	actionCartSave
categoryAddition	actionCategoryAdd
categoryDeletion	actionCategoryDelete
categoryUpdate	actionCategoryUpdate
createAccount	actionCustomerAccountAdd	Called when a new customer successfully creates an account
createAccountForm	displayCustomerAccountForm	Display some information on the form to create a customer account
createAccountTop	displayCustomerAccountFormTop
customerAccount	displayCustomerAccount	Display on page account of the customer
deleteProductAttribute	actionProductAttributeDelete
deleteproduct	actionProductDelete	This hook is called when a product is deleted
extraCarrier	displayCarrierList
extraLeft	displayLeftColumnProduct
extraProductComparison	displayProductComparison	Extra Product Comparison
extraRight	displayRightColumnProduct
featureForm	displayFeatureForm	Add fields to the form "feature"
featureValueForm	displayFeatureValueForm	Add fields to the form "feature value"
footer	displayFooter	Add block in footer
header	displayHeader	A hook which allow you to do things in the header of each pages
home	displayHome
invoice	displayInvoice	Add blocks to invoice (order)
leftColumn	displayLeftColumn
myAccountBlock	displayMyAccountBlock	Display extra information inside the "my account" block
newOrder	actionValidateOrder
orderConfirmation	displayOrderConfirmation	Called on order confirmation page
orderDetail	actionOrderDetail	To set the follow-up in Smarty when order detail is called
orderDetailDisplayed	displayOrderDetail	Displayed on order detail on front office
orderReturn	actionOrderReturn
orderSlip	actionOrderSlipAdd	Called when a quantity of one product change in an order.
payment	displayPayment
paymentCCAdded	actionPaymentCCAdd	Payment CC added
paymentConfirm	actionPaymentConfirmation
paymentReturn	displayPaymentReturn
paymentTop	displayPaymentTop	Top of payment page
postProcessAttribute	actionAttributePostProcess	On post-process in admin feature value
postProcessAttributeGroup	displayAttributeGroupPostProcess	On post-process in admin attribute group
postProcessFeature	displayFeaturePostProcess	On post-process in admin feature
postProcessFeatureValue	displayFeatureValuePostProcess	On post-process in admin feature value
postUpdateOrderStatus	actionOrderStatusPostUpdate
processCarrier	actionCarrierProcess
productActions	displayProductButtons	Put new action buttons on product page
productListAssign	actionProductListOverride	Assign product list to a category
productOutOfStock	actionProductOutOfStock	Make action while product is out of stock
productTab	displayProductTab	Called on order product page tabs
productTabContent	displayProductTabContent	Called on order product page tabs
productfooter	displayFooterProduct	Add new blocks under the product description
rightColumn	displayRightColumn
search	actionSearch
shoppingCart	displayShoppingCartFooter	Display some specific information on the shopping cart page
shoppingCartExtra	displayShoppingCart	Display some specific information
taxManager	actionTaxManager
top	displayTop	A hook which allow you to do things at the top of each pages.
updateCarrier	actionCarrierUpdate	This hook is called when a carrier is updated
updateOrderStatus	actionOrderStatusUpdate	Launch modules when the order's status changes.
updateProductAttribute	actionProductAttributeUpdate
updateQuantity	actionUpdateQuantity	Quantity is updated only when the customer effectively place his order.
updateproduct	actionProductUpdate
watermark	actionWatermark

Front-office and back-office

These hooks are valid for both v1.4 and 1.5 of PrestaShop.

Existing front-office hooks

Home page and general site pages

Hook name	Description
displayHeader	Called within the HTML <head> tags. Ideal location for adding JavaScript and CSS files.
displayTop	Called in the page's header.
displayLeftColumn	Called when loading the left column.
displayRightColumn	Called when loading the right column.
displayFooter	Called in the page's footer.
displayHome	Called at the center of the homepage.

Product page

Hook name	Description
displayLeftColumnProduct	Called right before the "Print" link, under the picture.
displayRightColumnProduct	Called right after the block for the "Add to Cart" button.
displayProductButtons	Called inside the block for the "Add to Cart" button, right after that button.
actionProductOutOfStock	Called inside the block for the "Add to Cart" button, right after the "Availability" information.
displayFooterProduct	Called right before the tabs.
displayProductTab	Called in tabs list, such as "More info", "Data sheet", "Accessories", etc.
displayProductTabContent	Called when a tab is clicked.

Cart page

Hook name	Description
actionCartSave	Called right after a cart creation or update.
displayShoppingCartFooter	Called right below the cart items table.
displayShoppingCart	Called after the cart's table of items, right above the navigation buttons.
displayCustomerAccountFormTop	Called within the client account creation form, right above the "Your personal information" block.
displayCustomerAccountForm	Called within the client account creation form, right before the "Register" button.
actionCustomerAccountAdd	Called right after the client account creation.
displayCustomerAccount	Called on the client account homepage, after the list of available links. Ideal location to add a link to this list.
displayMyAccountBlock	Called within the "My account" block, in the left column, below the list of available links. This is the ideal location to add a link to this list.
displayMyAccountBlockfooter	Displays extra information inside the "My account" block.
actionAuthentication	Called right after the client identification, only if the authentication is valid (e-mail address and password are both OK).
actionBeforeAuthentication	Called right before authentication.

Search page

Hook name	Description
actionSearch	Called after a search is performed. Ideal location to parse and/or handle the search query and results.

Carrier choice page

Hook name	Description
displayBeforeCarrier	Displayed before the carrier list on front-office.
displayCarrierList	Called after the list of available carriers, during the order process. Ideal location to add a carrier, as added by a module.

Payment page

Hook name	Description
displayPaymentTop	Top of payment page.
displayPayment	Called when needing to build a list of the available payment solutions, during the order process. Ideal location to enable the choice of a payment module that you have developed.
displayPaymentReturn	Called when the user is sent back to the store after having paid on the 3rd-party website. Ideal location to display a confirmation message or to give some details on the payment.
displayOrderConfirmation	A duplicate of paymentReturn.
displayBeforePayment	Called when displaying the list of available payment solutions. Ideal location to redirect the user instead of displaying said list (i.e., 1-click PayPal checkout).

Order page

Hook name	Description
actionOrderReturn	Called when the customer request to send his merchandise back to the store, and if now error occurs.
displayPDFInvoice	Called when displaying the invoice in PDF format. Ideal location to display content within the invoice.

Mobile theme hooks

All these hooks are specific to PrestaShop's default mobile theme.

The four first ones are in PrestaShop's internal hooks database, so the user can attach an action/interface to these hooks using the Modules > Positions page.
All the other ones exist in the mobile theme TPL files, but are not in the internal hooks database. A developer can still use them to attach content to specific portion of the code.

Hook name	Description
displayMobileTopSiteMap
displayMobileHeader
displayMobileShoppingCartTop
displayMobileAddToCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartBottom
displayMobileTopSiteMap
displayMobileFooterChoice
displayMobileShoppingCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartBottom
displayMobileIndex
mobileCustomerAccount
displayMobileTop
displayMobileAddToCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartButton
displayMobileShoppingCartBottom
displayMobileShoppingCartTop
displayMobileShoppingCartBottom

Existing back-office hooks

General hooks

Hook name	Description
displayBackOfficeTop	Called within the header, above the tabs.
displayBackOfficeHeader	Called between the HEAD tags. Ideal location for adding JavaScript and CSS files.
displayBackOfficeFooter	Called within the page footer, above the "Power By PrestaShop" line.
displayBackOfficeHome	Called at the center of the homepage.

Orders and order details

Hook name	Description
actionValidateOrder	Called during the new order creation process, right after it has been created.
actionPaymentConfirmation	Called when an order's status becomes "Payment accepted".
actionOrderStatusUpdate	Called when an order's status is changed, right before it is actually changed.
actionOrderStatusPostUpdate	Called when an order's status is changed, right after it is actually changed.
actionProductCancel	Called when an item is deleted from an order, right after the deletion.
displayInvoice	Called when the order's details are displayed, above the Client Information block.
displayAdminOrder	Called when the order's details are displayed, below the Client Information block.
actionOrderSlipAdd	Called during the creation of a credit note, right after it has been created.

Products

Hook name	Description
actionProductSave	Called when saving products.
actionUpdateQuantity	Called during an the validation of an order, the status of which being something other than "canceled" or "Payment error", for each of the order's items.
actionProductAttributeUpdate	Called when a product declination is updated, right after said update.
actionProductAttributeDelete	Called when a product declination is deleted.
actionWatermark	Called when an image is added to a product, right after said addition.
displayAttributeForm	Add fields to the form "attribute value".
displayAttributeGroupForm	Add fields to the form "attribute group".
displayAttributeGroupPostProcess	Called when post-process in admin attribute group.
displayFeatureForm	Add fields to the form "feature".
displayFeaturePostProcess	Called when post-process in admin feature.
displayFeatureValueForm	Add fields to the form "feature value".
displayFeatureValuePostProcess	Called when post-process in admin feature value.

Statistics

Hook name	Description
displayAdminStatsGraphEngine	Called when a stats graph is displayed.
displayAdminStatsGridEngine	Called when the grid of stats is displayed.
displayAdminStatsModules	Called when the list of stats modules is displayed.

Clients

Hook name	Description
displayAdminCustomers	Called when a client's details are displayed, right after the list of the clients groups the current client belongs to.

Carriers

Hook name	Description
actionCarrierUpdate	Called during a carrier's update, right after said update.