diff --git a/classes/handler/public.php b/classes/handler/public.php
index 67ad9c5cc..79a0d3198 100755
--- a/classes/handler/public.php
+++ b/classes/handler/public.php
@@ -490,17 +490,17 @@ class Handler_Public extends Handler {
 	}
 
 	function updateTask() {
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", false);
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK);
 	}
 
 	function housekeepingTask() {
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING, "hook_house_keeping", false);
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING);
 	}
 
 	function globalUpdateFeeds() {
 		RPC::updaterandomfeed_real();
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", false);
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK);
 	}
 
 	function sharepopup() {
diff --git a/classes/pluginhost.php b/classes/pluginhost.php
index 413fddeae..7e5f6029c 100755
--- a/classes/pluginhost.php
+++ b/classes/pluginhost.php
@@ -22,54 +22,54 @@ class PluginHost {
 	// Hooks marked with *1 are run in global context and available
 	// to plugins loaded in config.php only
 
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_BUTTON = 1;
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER = 2;
-	const HOOK_PREFS_TAB = 3;
-	const HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION = 4;
-	const HOOK_PREFS_TABS = 5;
-	const HOOK_FEED_PARSED = 6;
-	const HOOK_UPDATE_TASK = 7; // *1
-	const HOOK_AUTH_USER = 8;
-	const HOOK_HOTKEY_MAP = 9;
-	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE = 10;
-	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_CDM = 11;
-	const HOOK_FEED_FETCHED = 12;
-	const HOOK_SANITIZE = 13;
-	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_API = 14;
-	const HOOK_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = 15;
-	const HOOK_ACTION_ITEM = 16;
-	const HOOK_HEADLINE_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = 17;
-	const HOOK_HOTKEY_INFO = 18;
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_LEFT_BUTTON = 19;
-	const HOOK_PREFS_EDIT_FEED = 20;
-	const HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED = 21;
-	const HOOK_FETCH_FEED = 22;
-	const HOOK_QUERY_HEADLINES = 23;
-	const HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING = 24; // *1
-	const HOOK_SEARCH = 25;
-	const HOOK_FORMAT_ENCLOSURES = 26;
-	const HOOK_SUBSCRIBE_FEED = 27;
-	const HOOK_HEADLINES_BEFORE = 28;
-	const HOOK_RENDER_ENCLOSURE = 29;
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER_ACTION = 30;
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_EXPORT_FEED = 31;
-	const HOOK_MAIN_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = 32;
-	const HOOK_ENCLOSURE_ENTRY = 33;
-	const HOOK_FORMAT_ARTICLE = 34;
-	const HOOK_FORMAT_ARTICLE_CDM = 35; /* RIP */
-	const HOOK_FEED_BASIC_INFO = 36;
-	const HOOK_SEND_LOCAL_FILE = 37;
-	const HOOK_UNSUBSCRIBE_FEED = 38;
-	const HOOK_SEND_MAIL = 39;
-	const HOOK_FILTER_TRIGGERED = 40;
-	const HOOK_GET_FULL_TEXT = 41;
-	const HOOK_ARTICLE_IMAGE = 42;
-	const HOOK_FEED_TREE = 43;
-	const HOOK_IFRAME_WHITELISTED = 44;
-	const HOOK_ENCLOSURE_IMPORTED = 45;
-	const HOOK_HEADLINES_CUSTOM_SORT_MAP = 46;
-	const HOOK_HEADLINES_CUSTOM_SORT_OVERRIDE = 47;
-	const HOOK_HEADLINE_TOOLBAR_SELECT_MENU_ITEM = 48;
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_BUTTON = "hook_article_button";
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER = "hook_article_filter";
+	const HOOK_PREFS_TAB = "hook_prefs_tab";
+	const HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION = "hook_prefs_tab_section";
+	const HOOK_PREFS_TABS = "hook_prefs_tabs";
+	const HOOK_FEED_PARSED = "hook_feed_parsed";
+	const HOOK_UPDATE_TASK = "hook_update_task"; //*1
+	const HOOK_AUTH_USER = "hook_auth_user";
+	const HOOK_HOTKEY_MAP = "hook_hotkey_map";
+	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE = "hook_render_article";
+	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_CDM = "hook_render_article_cdm";
+	const HOOK_FEED_FETCHED = "hook_feed_fetched";
+	const HOOK_SANITIZE = "hook_sanitize";
+	const HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_API = "hook_render_article_api";
+	const HOOK_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = "hook_toolbar_button";
+	const HOOK_ACTION_ITEM = "hook_action_item";
+	const HOOK_HEADLINE_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = "hook_headline_toolbar_button";
+	const HOOK_HOTKEY_INFO = "hook_hotkey_info";
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_LEFT_BUTTON = "hook_article_left_button";
+	const HOOK_PREFS_EDIT_FEED = "hook_prefs_edit_feed";
+	const HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED = "hook_prefs_save_feed";
+	const HOOK_FETCH_FEED = "hook_fetch_feed";
+	const HOOK_QUERY_HEADLINES = "hook_query_headlines";
+	const HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING = "hook_house_keeping"; //*1
+	const HOOK_SEARCH = "hook_search";
+	const HOOK_FORMAT_ENCLOSURES = "hook_format_enclosures";
+	const HOOK_SUBSCRIBE_FEED = "hook_subscribe_feed";
+	const HOOK_HEADLINES_BEFORE = "hook_headlines_before";
+	const HOOK_RENDER_ENCLOSURE = "hook_render_enclosure";
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER_ACTION = "hook_article_filter_action";
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_EXPORT_FEED = "hook_article_export_feed";
+	const HOOK_MAIN_TOOLBAR_BUTTON = "hook_main_toolbar_button";
+	const HOOK_ENCLOSURE_ENTRY = "hook_enclosure_entry";
+	const HOOK_FORMAT_ARTICLE = "hook_format_article";
+	const HOOK_FORMAT_ARTICLE_CDM = "hook_format_article_cdm"; /* RIP */
+	const HOOK_FEED_BASIC_INFO = "hook_feed_basic_info";
+	const HOOK_SEND_LOCAL_FILE = "hook_send_local_file";
+	const HOOK_UNSUBSCRIBE_FEED = "hook_unsubscribe_feed";
+	const HOOK_SEND_MAIL = "hook_send_mail";
+	const HOOK_FILTER_TRIGGERED = "hook_filter_triggered";
+	const HOOK_GET_FULL_TEXT = "hook_get_full_text";
+	const HOOK_ARTICLE_IMAGE = "hook_article_image";
+	const HOOK_FEED_TREE = "hook_feed_tree";
+	const HOOK_IFRAME_WHITELISTED = "hook_iframe_whitelisted";
+	const HOOK_ENCLOSURE_IMPORTED = "hook_enclosure_imported";
+	const HOOK_HEADLINES_CUSTOM_SORT_MAP = "hook_headlines_custom_sort_map";
+	const HOOK_HEADLINES_CUSTOM_SORT_OVERRIDE = "hook_headlines_custom_sort_override";
+	const HOOK_HEADLINE_TOOLBAR_SELECT_MENU_ITEM = "hook_headline_toolbar_select_menu_item";
 
 	const KIND_ALL = 1;
 	const KIND_SYSTEM = 2;
@@ -131,9 +131,35 @@ class PluginHost {
 		return $this->plugins[strtolower($name)] ?? null;
 	}
 
-	function run_hooks($type, $method, $args) {
-		foreach ($this->get_hooks($type) as $hook) {
-			$hook->$method($args);
+	function run_hooks($hook, ...$args) {
+		$method = strtolower($hook);
+
+		foreach ($this->get_hooks($hook) as $plugin) {
+			Debug::log("invoking: " . get_class($plugin) . "->$hook()", Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
+
+			try {
+				$plugin->$method(...$args);
+			} catch (Exception $ex) {
+				user_error($ex, E_USER_WARNING);
+			} catch (Error $err) {
+				user_error($err, E_USER_WARNING);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	function run_hooks_callback($hook, $callback, ...$args) {
+		$method = strtolower($hook);
+
+		foreach ($this->get_hooks($hook) as $plugin) {
+			//Debug::log("invoking: " . get_class($plugin) . "->$hook()", Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
+
+			try {
+				$callback($plugin->$method(...$args), $plugin);
+			} catch (Exception $ex) {
+				user_error($ex, E_USER_WARNING);
+			} catch (Error $err) {
+				user_error($err, E_USER_WARNING);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/classes/pref/feeds.php b/classes/pref/feeds.php
index a50592d19..058acec34 100755
--- a/classes/pref/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/pref/feeds.php
@@ -800,8 +800,7 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 			print '</div><div dojoType="dijit.layout.ContentPane" title="'.__('Plugins').'">';
 
-			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_EDIT_FEED,
-				"hook_prefs_edit_feed", $feed_id);
+			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_EDIT_FEED, $feed_id);
 
 			print "</div></div>";
 
@@ -1072,8 +1071,7 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 				RSSUtils::set_basic_feed_info($feed_id);
 			} */
 
-			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED,
-				"hook_prefs_save_feed", $feed_id);
+			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED, $feed_id);
 
 		} else {
 			$feed_data = array();
@@ -1384,8 +1382,7 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 		print "<button dojoType='dijit.form.Button' class='alt-primary' onclick=\"return App.displayDlg('".__("Public OPML URL")."','pubOPMLUrl')\">".
 			__('Display published OPML URL')."</button> ";
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-			"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefFeedsOPML");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefFeedsOPML");
 
 		print "</div>"; # pane
 
@@ -1403,13 +1400,11 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 		print "<button class=\"alt-danger\" dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\" onclick=\"return Helpers.clearFeedAccessKeys()\">".
 			__('Clear all generated URLs')."</button> ";
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-			"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefFeedsPublishedGenerated");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefFeedsPublishedGenerated");
 
 		print "</div>"; #pane
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefFeeds");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefFeeds");
 
 		print "</div>"; #container
 	}
diff --git a/classes/pref/filters.php b/classes/pref/filters.php
index 993b35c11..11702103a 100755
--- a/classes/pref/filters.php
+++ b/classes/pref/filters.php
@@ -814,8 +814,7 @@ class Pref_Filters extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</div>"; #pane
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefFilters");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefFilters");
 
 		print "</div>"; #container
 
diff --git a/classes/pref/labels.php b/classes/pref/labels.php
index b4d1236b2..4f83ad16e 100644
--- a/classes/pref/labels.php
+++ b/classes/pref/labels.php
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ class Pref_Labels extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</div>"; #pane
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefLabels");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefLabels");
 
 		print "</div>"; #container
 
diff --git a/classes/pref/prefs.php b/classes/pref/prefs.php
index 907c639b3..43993007a 100644
--- a/classes/pref/prefs.php
+++ b/classes/pref/prefs.php
@@ -559,8 +559,7 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</div>"; # tab container
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-			"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefPrefsAuth");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefPrefsAuth");
 
 		print "</div>"; #pane
 
@@ -814,8 +813,7 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print_hidden("boolean_prefs", "$listed_boolean_prefs");
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-			"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefPrefsPrefsInside");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefPrefsPrefsInside");
 
 		print '</div>'; # inside pane
 		print '<div dojoType="dijit.layout.ContentPane" region="bottom">';
@@ -840,8 +838,7 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "&nbsp;";
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-			"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefPrefsPrefsOutside");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefPrefsPrefsOutside");
 
 		print "</form>";
 		print '</div>'; # inner pane
@@ -1005,8 +1002,7 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</form>";
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefPrefs");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefPrefs");
 
 		print "</div>"; #container
 
diff --git a/classes/pref/system.php b/classes/pref/system.php
index 33a567df5..bc3bde16f 100644
--- a/classes/pref/system.php
+++ b/classes/pref/system.php
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ class Pref_System extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "</div>"; # accordion pane
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-			"hook_prefs_tab", "prefSystem");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefSystem");
 
 		print "</div>"; #container
 	}
diff --git a/classes/pref/users.php b/classes/pref/users.php
index 4d804b8de..f6acc0d20 100644
--- a/classes/pref/users.php
+++ b/classes/pref/users.php
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ class Pref_Users extends Handler_Protected {
 				<button dojoType='dijit.form.Button' onclick='Users.resetSelected()'>".
 				__('Reset password')."</button dojoType=\"dijit.form.Button\">";
 
-			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION,
-				"hook_prefs_tab_section", "prefUsersToolbar");
+			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB_SECTION, "prefUsersToolbar");
 
 			print "</div>"; #toolbar
 			print "</div>"; #pane
@@ -429,8 +428,7 @@ class Pref_Users extends Handler_Protected {
 
 			print "</div>"; #pane
 
-			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB,
-				"hook_prefs_tab", "prefUsers");
+			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TAB, "prefUsers");
 
 			print "</div>"; #container
 
diff --git a/classes/rssutils.php b/classes/rssutils.php
index 45cddb200..9fc9f6c3f 100755
--- a/classes/rssutils.php
+++ b/classes/rssutils.php
@@ -808,7 +808,20 @@ class RSSUtils {
 
 				Debug::log("hash differs, applying plugin filters:", Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
 
-				foreach ($pluginhost->get_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER) as $plugin) {
+				$start_ts = microtime(true);
+
+				PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks_callback(PluginHost::HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER,
+				function ($result, $plugin) use (&$article, &$entry_plugin_data, $start_ts) {
+					$article = $result;
+
+					$entry_plugin_data .= mb_strtolower(get_class($plugin)) . ",";
+
+					Debug::log(sprintf("=== %.4f (sec) %s", microtime(true) - $start_ts, get_class($plugin)),
+						Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
+				},
+				$article);
+
+				/* foreach ($pluginhost->get_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER) as $plugin) {
 					Debug::log("... " . get_class($plugin), Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
 
 					$start = microtime(true);
@@ -817,9 +830,9 @@ class RSSUtils {
 					Debug::log(sprintf("=== %.4f (sec)", microtime(true) - $start), Debug::$LOG_VERBOSE);
 
 					$entry_plugin_data .= mb_strtolower(get_class($plugin)) . ",";
-				}
+				} */
 
-                if (Debug::get_loglevel() >= 3) {
+				if (Debug::get_loglevel() >= 3) {
 					print "processed content: ";
 					print htmlspecialchars($article["content"]);
 					print "\n";
@@ -1619,7 +1632,7 @@ class RSSUtils {
 
 		UserHelper::load_user_plugins($owner_uid, $tmph);
 
-		$tmph->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING, "hook_house_keeping", "");
+		$tmph->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING);
 	}
 
 	static function housekeeping_common() {
@@ -1635,7 +1648,7 @@ class RSSUtils {
 		Article::purge_orphans();
 		self::cleanup_counters_cache();
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING, "hook_house_keeping", "");
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_HOUSE_KEEPING);
 	}
 
 	static function check_feed_favicon($site_url, $feed) {
diff --git a/prefs.php b/prefs.php
index f0ecae180..ad96ab15e 100644
--- a/prefs.php
+++ b/prefs.php
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@
                 title="<i class='material-icons'>info_outline</i> <?php echo __('System') ?>"></div>
         <?php } ?>
         <?php
-            PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TABS,
-                "hook_prefs_tabs", false);
+            PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_TABS);
         ?>
         </div>
 		<?php $version = get_version($git_commit, $git_timestamp, $last_error); ?>
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index e708aad71..d8c648e69 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		RSSUtils::update_daemon_common(DAEMON_FEED_LIMIT, $options);
 		RSSUtils::housekeeping_common();
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", $options);
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, $options);
 	}
 
 	if (isset($options["daemon"])) {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 		if (!isset($options["pidlock"]) || $options["task"] == 0)
 			RSSUtils::housekeeping_common();
 
-		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", $options);
+		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, $options);
 	}
 
 	if (isset($options["cleanup-tags"])) {