WordPress Plugins Scraper

Scrape any plugin from the official WordPress.org directory. 60K+ plugins, all public, no login or API key required.

Pricing

$3 per 1000 plugins — pay-per-event on every result pushed to the dataset. Actor Start fee: $0.00005.

Input modes

1. search — free-text keyword search

{ "mode": "search", "query": "backup", "maxResults": 100 }

2. browse — top lists

{ "mode": "browse", "browseBy": "popular", "maxResults": 500 }

browseBy can be popular, new, updated, or featured.

3. tag — plugins with a specific tag

{ "mode": "tag", "query": "seo", "maxResults": 200 }

4. author — plugins by a WordPress.org author

{ "mode": "author", "query": "yoast" }

5. slugs — fetch exact plugins (always full detail)

{ "mode": "slugs", "slugs": ["woocommerce", "contact-form-7", "elementor"] }

Full details

Set "fullDetails": true to fetch plugin_information for every result — adds contributors, ratings histogram, support URLs. Slower (+1 API call per plugin) but much more data.

Output fields

Each record includes:

• slug — plugin ID (e.g. woocommerce)
• name — display name
• url — https://wordpress.org/plugins/{slug}/
• shortDescription — 150-char tagline
• activeInstalls — rounded install count (e.g. 7000000)
• rating — 0-5 star scale (converted from WP's 0-100)
• numRatings — count
• author, authorProfile, homepage
• version, requiresWp, testedWp, requiresPhp
• addedDate, lastUpdated
• tags — array
• supportThreads, supportResolved
• downloadLink — direct .zip URL
• iconUrl — 2x icon
• contributors (full details) — array of {username, profile, displayName}
• ratingsHistogram (full details) — {"5": N, "4": N, ...}

Use cases

• WP plugin competitor research — see who's winning in your niche
• B2B leads for WP agencies — contact plugin authors by their public WP.org profile
• Course creators — recommend the most active plugins
• Security auditors — track version adoption and update frequency

Notes

• Uses https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/ — the official WordPress.org directory API
• No scraping, no proxy needed — pure REST
• Rate limits are generous (parallel 5-10 requests works fine)