# WordPress Plugin & Theme Detector (`happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector`) Actor

Instantly detect the active WordPress theme and plugins used on any website. Essential for competitor analysis and lead generation

- **URL**: https://apify.com/happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector.md
- **Developed by:** [HappiTap](https://apify.com/happitap) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## WordPress Plugin & Theme Detector

**Instantly detect the active WordPress theme and plugins used on any website. Essential for competitor analysis and lead generation.**

Ever wonder what WordPress theme a beautiful website is using? Or exactly which plugins they are running to achieve a specific functionality? This high-speed actor scans the source code of any WordPress site to reveal its entire tech stack in seconds.

### What can this Actor do?

- ✅ **Plugin Extraction** - Detects exactly which plugins are installed by scanning script, link, and image paths (e.g., Elementor, WooCommerce, Yoast SEO).
- ✅ **Theme Detection** - Finds the active WordPress theme slug (e.g., Astra, Divi, custom-theme).
- ✅ **Version Detection** - Automatically extracts the WordPress core version (e.g., WordPress 6.4.2) if exposed in the metadata.
- ✅ **Deep Crawling** - Option to scan internal pages (up to 5) to catch hidden plugins that only load on specific routes (like checkout pages).
- ✅ **Bulk Analysis** - Feed it a list of 1,000 domains and it will scan all of them in minutes using a high-speed HTML parser (no heavy browser overhead).

### Why detect plugins and themes?

- 🎯 **Lead Generation** - Sell a competitor plugin? Find every website currently using your competitor's plugin and pitch them your alternative!
- 📊 **Competitor Intelligence** - Spy on your competitors to see exactly how they built their website's functionality.
- 📍 **Security Audits** - Quickly check a list of client websites to see if any are running outdated, vulnerable WordPress versions.

### How to use it

1. Enter a list of website URLs in the **URLs to Scan** field.
2. Toggle **Deep Crawl** if you want it to scan a few internal pages to catch conditionally-loaded plugins (slightly slower but more accurate).
3. Click Start!

### How much does it cost?

This actor uses a **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model. You only pay for the websites successfully analyzed!

- **$0.20 per 1,000 websites analyzed.**

### Output Example

```json
{
  "domain": "techcrunch.com",
  "isWordPress": true,
  "wpVersion": "WordPress 6.4.2",
  "theme": "techcrunch-2017",
  "plugins": [
    "jetpack",
    "wp-seo",
    "ad-manager",
    "contact-form-7"
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2023-10-25T15:00:00.000Z"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of WordPress websites you want to detect plugins and themes for.

## `deepCrawl` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, the actor will crawl up to 5 internal pages per domain to find plugins that only load on specific pages (like checkout forms). If disabled, it only scans the homepage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/"
    }
  ],
  "deepCrawl": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Extracted data items stored in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://techcrunch.com/"
        }
    ],
    "deepCrawl": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": [{ "url": "https://techcrunch.com/" }],
    "deepCrawl": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/"
    }
  ],
  "deepCrawl": false
}' |
apify call happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,happitap/wordpress-plugin-detector"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XFy7VCadaMvG31EJP/builds/uwFtq3w74E23GJ8EH/openapi.json