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Hello there,
I'm quite new to CiviCRM and I'm using it on wordpress. (Version 4.2.6 stable downloaded from sourceforge projects/civicrm/files/civicrm-stable/4.2.6/civicrm-4.2.6-wordpress.zip)

I'm trying to implement some hooks. I followed the instructions on the wiki (confluence/display/CRMDOC42/Hook+Reference?showChildren=false)
Which state that hooks on wordpress are created using a "php" file placed under the "Custom PHP Path Directory".

I set the directory and placed a file there. Nothing happens. (I checked the directory/php-file is accessible via browser; it is)
How should the file be named? I assumed any filename would work, but apparently that is not the case.
I even tried putting non-valid php code in the file and no errors are thrown, which seems to indicate that the file is not being read in the first place.

Can anyone please help me?

Thanks a lot in advance