Extension & Plugin Reviews Scraper: Chrome, Firefox, VS Code, WordPress

Scrape Chrome extension, Firefox add-on, VS Code and WordPress plugin reviews plus listing stats in one unified schema. No login, no API key.

What does Extension & Plugin Reviews Scraper do?

• Reviews from Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons, VS Code Marketplace and WordPress.org plugins.
• Store auto-detected from URLs, Chrome ids or publisher.extension (VS Code).
• Review fields: rating, title, text, date, version where available, helpful count (Chrome) and developer reply.
• Optional item records: users/installs, average rating, rating count, version, last update.
• Filter reviews with minDate.

Store	Reviews	Item details	Limit per item
Chrome Web Store	yes	no (client-side only)	~10 newest (server-rendered page)
Firefox Add-ons	yes	yes	unlimited (API pagination)
VS Code Marketplace	yes	yes	unlimited (pagination by date)
WordPress.org plugins	yes	yes	30 newest (RSS feed)

Why use it

• Four ecosystems, one schema.
• Versioned reviews (where the store provides it) to spot release regressions.
• Low price: $0.50 per 1,000 reviews, $2 per 1,000 item records.
• No login, API key or proxy.

Use cases

• Competitor and rating monitoring for extensions and plugins.
• Release-regression alerts using the review version.
• Feature-request and churn mining from review text.
• Install-base tracking with item records.
• Market research across extension stores.

How to use

1. Open the Actor on Apify and click Try for free (or call it through the API).
2. Paste extension/plugin URLs or ids into Extensions / plugins.
3. Click Start, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it through the API.

Input example

{
  "items": [
    "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm",
    "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/",
    "ms-python.python",
    "https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerItem": 10,
  "minDate": "2026-01-01",
  "includeItemDetails": true
}

The store is auto-detected from URLs, a 32-letter Chrome id or publisher.extension (VS Code). Bare Firefox/WordPress slugs need a prefix: firefox:ublock-origin, wordpress:akismet. Reviews are always newest first.

Output example

Review (event review):

{"store":"wordpress","itemId":"akismet","itemName":"Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection","reviewId":"respect-18","author":"Samiullah Stanikzai","rating":5,"title":"RESPECT","text":"...","date":"2026-09-13T19:41:24+00:00","version":null,"helpful":null,"developerReply":null,"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respect-18/"}

Item (event item, only if includeItemDetails):

{"type":"item","store":"firefox","itemId":"ublock-origin","name":"uBlock Origin","publisher":"Raymond Hill","users":11328708,"ratingAvg":4.802,"ratingCount":22230,"version":"1.75.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T19:46:29Z","url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/"}

Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription. You pay only for what is returned:

Event	Price per 1,000	1,000	10,000	100,000
review	$0.50	$0.50	$5.00	$50.00
item record	$2.00	$2.00	$20.00	$200.00

Example: 1,000 reviews cost $0.50; 10,000 cost $5.00.

Example: 10 extensions with 100 reviews each plus item details = 1,000 x $0.0005 + 10 x $0.002 = $0.52.

Platform usage (compute) is included in the event price; there is nothing else to pay for.

Integrations & API

Run it from code with the Apify API. Replace <APIFY_TOKEN> with your API token.

Python (pip install apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("bachiembmt/extension-plugin-reviews-scraper").call(run_input={"items": ["https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/", "ms-python.python"], "maxReviewsPerItem": 10, "includeItemDetails": True})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

cURL (run synchronously and get dataset items)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bachiembmt~extension-plugin-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"items": ["https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/", "ms-python.python"], "maxReviewsPerItem": 10, "includeItemDetails": true}'

Works with:

• Make and Zapier: use the Apify app/module to run this Actor and pass the dataset on.
• n8n: use the Apify node or an HTTP Request node with the API call above.
• Google Sheets: export the dataset as CSV, or use the Apify integration to append rows automatically.
• Webhooks: trigger your own endpoint when a run finishes; combine with Apify schedules for recurring jobs.
• AI agents: expose the Actor as a tool through the Apify MCP server.

FAQ

How many reviews per store? Chrome: ~10 newest. Firefox and VS Code: effectively unlimited. WordPress: 30 newest (RSS feed).

Why is the Chrome itemName empty? Chrome item details are client-side only; without a browser only reviews are available.

Why is text null on some reviews? Many Firefox and VS Code reviews are rating-only.

Do I need an account or API key for the source? No. The Actor needs no login or source API key. You only need an Apify account to run it.

Is it legal to scrape this data? Only public pages and APIs are read; no personal contact data is collected. Review authors are public display names. This is general information, not legal advice.

Limitations

• Chrome Web Store: only the ~10 newest reviews and no item details are available without a browser; itemName is empty.
• WordPress.org: RSS feed exposes 30 newest reviews, no plugin version per review; users is Wordpress's bucketed active installs; ratings may be star-only.
• Firefox/VS Code: many reviews are rating-only (text null). helpful is only available on Chrome. Replies are returned when the store provides them.
• Polite rate (1 request/second); failing items are logged and skipped.