# Wordpress Content Extractor (`simplifysme/wordpress-content-extractor`) Actor

📝 Extract complete content from WordPress sites including posts, categories, and metadata. Perfect for content migration, blog aggregation, and CMS integration.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/simplifysme/wordpress-content-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [SimplifySME Toolbox](https://apify.com/simplifysme) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 13 total users, 0 monthly users, 96.7% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 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 Content Extractor

📝 **Extract complete content from WordPress sites** including posts, categories, and metadata. Perfect for content migration, blog aggregation, and CMS integration.

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### 📺 What It Extracts

- **Site Metadata**: Site information and details
- **Posts**: All posts with full content, metadata, and media
- **Categories**: All post categories with metadata
- **Statistics**: Total post and category counts

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### 🚀 Key Features

| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| 📝 **Complete Content** | Extracts all posts with full content and metadata |
| 🏷️ **Category Support** | Extracts all categories and their relationships |
| 🖼️ **Media Extraction** | Includes featured images and media URLs |
| 📊 **Structured Output** | Clean JSON format with nested post and category data |
| ⚡ **Fast Performance** | Direct API access for quick data retrieval |
| 🔄 **Pagination Support** | Handles large sites with configurable post limits |

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### 📥 Input

#### Required

- **`siteUrl`** (string): The WordPress site URL
  - Example: `"https://example.com/"`
  - Supports any WordPress site with REST API enabled

#### Optional

- **`maxPosts`** (integer, default: 100): Maximum number of posts to extract
  - Example: `200`

***

### 📤 Output

Returns comprehensive WordPress content data:

#### Site Metadata

```json
{
  "site": {
    "name": "Site Name",
    "description": "Site description...",
    "url": "https://example.com/"
  }
}
```

#### Posts Array

```json
{
  "posts": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "title": "Post Title",
      "content": "Post content...",
      "excerpt": "Post excerpt...",
      "author": "Author Name",
      "date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "modified": "2024-01-15T00:00:00Z",
      "slug": "post-slug",
      "status": "publish",
      "link": "https://example.com/post-slug",
      "categories": [1, 2],
      "tags": [3, 4],
      "featuredMedia": 456,
      "featuredImageUrl": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "totalPosts": 100
}
```

#### Categories Array

```json
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Category Name",
      "slug": "category-slug",
      "description": "Category description...",
      "count": 25
    }
  ],
  "totalCategories": 10
}
```

***

### 💡 Use Cases

- ✅ **Blog Aggregation** - Collect content from multiple WordPress sites
- ✅ **Content Migration** - Extract content for platform migration
- ✅ **Content Research** - Analyze blog content and topics
- ✅ **CMS Integration** - Import WordPress content into other systems
- ✅ **Content Analysis** - Study content patterns and categories
- ✅ **Backup & Archive** - Create backups of WordPress content

***

### ⚙️ Technical Details

- **Extraction Method**: Direct API access to WordPress REST API endpoints
- **REST API**: Uses WordPress REST API (usually available at `/wp-json/wp/v2/`)
- **Pagination**: Handles pagination for large sites with configurable limits
- **Error Handling**: Validates responses and handles missing data gracefully
- **Performance**: Fast API-based extraction without browser overhead

***

### 📝 Example Usage

#### Basic Extraction

```json
{
  "siteUrl": "https://example.com/"
}
```

#### With Post Limit

```json
{
  "siteUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "maxPosts": 200
}
```

***

### ⚠️ Important Notes

- This actor uses WordPress REST API endpoints
- The REST API must be enabled on the WordPress site (usually enabled by default)
- Some WordPress sites may have REST API disabled or restricted
- Featured images are extracted when available
- Categories and tags are included with their IDs and metadata

# Actor input Schema

## `siteUrl` (type: `string`):

The WordPress site URL

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of posts to extract

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "siteUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "maxPosts": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "siteUrl": "https://wordpress.org/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("simplifysme/wordpress-content-extractor").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 = { "siteUrl": "https://wordpress.org/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("simplifysme/wordpress-content-extractor").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 '{
  "siteUrl": "https://wordpress.org/"
}' |
apify call simplifysme/wordpress-content-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/Xvw0wb43RAZqOYkJA/builds/nbaOoz8AfhZzDlE6d/openapi.json