# WordPress Content / Blog Scraper (`centspy/wordpress-content-scraper`) Actor Scrape posts from any WordPress site via the public REST API. No proxy, no browser. - **URL**: https://apify.com/centspy/wordpress-content-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [brandon nadeau](https://apify.com/centspy) (community) - **Categories:** Marketing, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 post scrapeds 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 / Blog Scraper Extract **posts** from any WordPress site — titles, full content, excerpts, authors, categories, tags, publish dates, and featured images. Great for content research, SEO analysis, building text datasets, archiving, and site migration. This scraper reads the **public WordPress REST API** (`/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`), which the majority of WordPress sites expose by default. That means: - **No proxies needed** — keeps your cost low. - **No browser** — fast and lightweight. - **No broken selectors** — it reads a stable JSON API, not fragile HTML. Roughly 40% of the web runs WordPress, so this works on an enormous range of sites. ### What it does Give it one or more WordPress site URLs and it returns posts as clean, structured rows — optionally filtered by keyword, and optionally converted from HTML to plain text. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `siteUrls` | array | One or more WordPress site URLs. Domain alone is fine. **Required.** | | `search` | string | Optional keyword filter, applied by the site's API. | | `maxPostsPerSite` | integer | Cap posts per site. `0` = no limit. Default `0`. | | `includeContent` | boolean | Include the full post body. Turn off for titles + metadata only (lighter). Default `true`. | | `stripHtml` | boolean | Convert titles, excerpts, and content from HTML to plain text. Default `false`. | #### Example input ```json { "siteUrls": ["https://site-a.com"], "search": "machine learning", "maxPostsPerSite": 200, "stripHtml": true } ```` ### Output ```json { "site": "https://site-a.com", "id": 4821, "title": "Getting Started with Machine Learning", "slug": "getting-started-with-ml", "link": "https://site-a.com/getting-started-with-ml", "date": "2026-03-14T09:00:00", "modified": "2026-03-20T11:32:00", "author": "Jane Doe", "categories": ["Tutorials", "AI"], "tags": ["machine-learning", "beginners"], "excerpt": "A practical intro to ML for developers...", "content": "Full post body here...", "featuredImage": "https://site-a.com/wp-content/uploads/..." } ``` Export to **CSV, JSON, Excel, or HTML**, or pull via the Apify API. ### Pricing This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing — a small charge per post scraped, platform usage included. A run scraping 1,000 posts costs roughly the per-post price × 1,000. ### Responsible use Scraped content is the property of its original authors. Use this Actor for research, analysis, archiving, and migration — not for republishing others' content as your own. You are responsible for complying with each site's terms and applicable copyright law. ### Notes & limitations - Some sites disable or restrict the public REST API. For those, the Actor logs a warning and moves on. - Returns published posts (the API only serves public content to anonymous requests). - Custom post types aren't included by default — this targets standard blog posts. # Actor input Schema ## `siteUrls` (type: `array`): One or more WordPress site URLs. The domain is enough for most sites (e.g. example.com). If the site is a WordPress multisite installed in a subdirectory (e.g. example.com/news), include that subdirectory — it's needed to find the right REST API. ## `search` (type: `string`): Filter posts by keyword (applied by the site's API). Leave blank to fetch all posts. ## `maxPostsPerSite` (type: `integer`): Cap the number of posts scraped per site. Set 0 for no limit. ## `includeContent` (type: `boolean`): Include the full post body. Turn off to fetch only titles, excerpts, and metadata (lighter). ## `stripHtml` (type: `boolean`): Convert titles, excerpts, and content from HTML to plain text. ## Actor input object example ```json { "siteUrls": [ "https://site-a.com", "https://site-b.com" ], "search": "", "maxPostsPerSite": 0, "includeContent": true, "stripHtml": false } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "siteUrls": [ "https://wordpress.org/news" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("centspy/wordpress-content-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "siteUrls": ["https://wordpress.org/news"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("centspy/wordpress-content-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "siteUrls": [ "https://wordpress.org/news" ] }' | apify call centspy/wordpress-content-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=centspy/wordpress-content-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "WordPress Content / Blog Scraper", "description": "Scrape posts from any WordPress site via the public REST API. No proxy, no browser.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "KP0WcuqrF7EDQ7WdG" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/centspy~wordpress-content-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-centspy-wordpress-content-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/centspy~wordpress-content-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-centspy-wordpress-content-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/centspy~wordpress-content-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-centspy-wordpress-content-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "siteUrls" ], "properties": { "siteUrls": { "title": "WordPress site URLs", "type": "array", "description": "One or more WordPress site URLs. The domain is enough for most sites (e.g. example.com). If the site is a WordPress multisite installed in a subdirectory (e.g. example.com/news), include that subdirectory — it's needed to find the right REST API.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "search": { "title": "Search keyword (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter posts by keyword (applied by the site's API). Leave blank to fetch all posts.", "default": "" }, "maxPostsPerSite": { "title": "Max posts per site", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap the number of posts scraped per site. Set 0 for no limit.", "default": 0 }, "includeContent": { "title": "Include full content", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include the full post body. Turn off to fetch only titles, excerpts, and metadata (lighter).", "default": true }, "stripHtml": { "title": "Strip HTML to plain text", "type": "boolean", "description": "Convert titles, excerpts, and content from HTML to plain text.", "default": false } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```