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WordPress Plugin Detector

WordPress Theme & Plugin Detector

Enter any website URL to detect its WordPress theme, active plugins, and WordPress version. Works on any publicly accessible WordPress site.

How Detection Works

  • Fetches the website HTML via a CORS proxy and scans for WordPress fingerprints (generator meta tag, wp-content, wp-includes, wp-json, xmlrpc.php)
  • Extracts the active theme slug from /wp-content/themes/ paths in the HTML
  • Extracts all plugin slugs from /wp-content/plugins/ path references
  • Enriches theme and plugin data with name, version, author, ratings, and install counts from the WordPress.org API
  • Results include direct links to WordPress.org theme/plugin pages for further research
  • Works on any publicly accessible WordPress site - no login required, no installation needed

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Discover every WordPress plugin a website is running in seconds. Enter a URL and the tool fetches the page HTML through a CORS proxy, detects WordPress, then extracts all plugin slugs referenced in /wp-content/plugins/ paths in the source code. Each detected plugin is enriched via the WordPress.org Plugins API with the full plugin name, version, short description, author, active install count, star rating, and last updated date. Clicking any plugin in the results expands its detail card and shows a direct WordPress.org link for further research. Results are collapsible per plugin for easy browsing, and can be copied as plain text or exported as JSON. Detects up to 15 plugins per scan. Works on any publicly accessible WordPress site - no server access, no login, no API key needed. Valuable for security audits, competitive research, developer learning, and WordPress migration planning.

How to Use

  1. 1Type or paste any website URL into the input field - include https://, or just the bare domain like example.com - and press Detect
  2. 2Wait a few seconds while the tool fetches the page HTML through a CORS proxy and scans it for WordPress plugins
  3. 3Read the status banner - 'WordPress Detected' (teal) means the site is confirmed as WordPress; 'Not a WordPress Site' means no WP fingerprints were found
  4. 4Scroll to the Detected Plugins card - each row shows the plugin slug, name, and version badge at a glance
  5. 5Click any plugin row to expand it and see the full details: description, author, active install count, star rating, last updated date, and a WordPress.org link
  6. 6Click 'View on WordPress.org' on any expanded plugin to open its official plugin page for changelog, documentation, or reviews
  7. 7If no plugins are detected, the site may use a caching layer or CDN that strips /wp-content/plugins/ paths from the HTML - try a different page URL (e.g. a blog post) for better results
  8. 8Click Copy to copy all results as plain text, or Export JSON to download a machine-readable file with all detected plugin data

Features

  • WordPress detection via HTML fingerprinting - confirms the site is WordPress before scanning for plugins
  • Plugin slug extraction - finds all unique /wp-content/plugins/ paths referenced in the page source
  • Detects up to 15 plugins per scan with real-time parallel enrichment from the WordPress.org Plugins API
  • Plugin name and version - full plugin name and current version for each detected plugin
  • Short description - concise summary of what each plugin does, pulled from WordPress.org
  • Author attribution - plugin author name for each detected plugin
  • Active install count - global WordPress install count showing plugin adoption
  • Star rating display - community rating for each plugin from the WordPress.org review system
  • Last updated date - see how recently each plugin was maintained
  • Collapsible plugin cards - expand/collapse individual plugins for focused reading
  • Direct WordPress.org links - one-click link to each plugin's official repository page
  • Copy to clipboard - exports full plugin list as plain text
  • Export JSON - downloads all detection results as structured JSON for further processing

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