WordPress.org Themes & Plugins Scraper

Scrape themes and plugins from WordPress.org — the world's largest open-source CMS marketplace.
No API key, no proxy, and no authentication required. Works on the free Apify plan.

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What you can do

• Search themes or plugins by keyword with optional sort order (popular, new, updated, featured, top-rated)
• Browse featured/popular themes and plugins in any browse category
• Fetch by author — get all themes and plugins published by a WordPress.org username
• Fetch by slug or URL — get full details for specific themes or plugins
• Filter by rating (0–5 stars) and minimum active installs
• Paginate up to 500 results per run

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Modes

Mode	Description	Key Input Fields
searchThemes	Search themes by keyword	searchQuery, browse, minRating, minInstalls
searchPlugins	Search plugins by keyword	searchQuery, browse, minRating, minInstalls
byAuthor	All themes & plugins by a WordPress.org username	authorSlug, contentType
getTheme	Fetch theme details by slug or URL	themeSlugs, startUrls
getPlugin	Fetch plugin details by slug or URL	pluginSlugs, startUrls
featured	Browse featured/popular themes and plugins	browse, contentType

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Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
mode	select	Scraping mode (see table above)	searchThemes
searchQuery	string	Keyword to search (searchThemes, searchPlugins)	—
authorSlug	string	WordPress.org username (byAuthor)	—
startUrls	string[]	Direct WordPress.org theme/plugin URLs	—
themeSlugs	string[]	Theme slugs for getTheme, e.g. twentytwentyfour	—
pluginSlugs	string[]	Plugin slugs for getPlugin, e.g. woocommerce	—
browse	select	Sort order: popular, new, updated, featured, top-rated	popular
contentType	select	For byAuthor/featured: both, themes, plugins	both
minRating	number	Minimum rating 0–5 (filters out lower-rated items)	—
minInstalls	integer	Minimum active installs threshold	—
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return (1–500)	50

Example inputs

Search for blog themes:

{
  "mode": "searchThemes",
  "searchQuery": "blog",
  "browse": "popular",
  "minRating": 3.0,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Get top WooCommerce plugins:

{
  "mode": "searchPlugins",
  "searchQuery": "woocommerce",
  "browse": "top-rated",
  "minInstalls": 10000,
  "maxItems": 100
}

All plugins by Automattic:

{
  "mode": "byAuthor",
  "authorSlug": "automattic",
  "contentType": "plugins",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Fetch specific themes by slug:

{
  "mode": "getTheme",
  "themeSlugs": ["twentytwentyfour", "astra", "hello-elementor"]
}

Fetch theme from URL:

{
  "mode": "getTheme",
  "startUrls": ["https://wordpress.org/themes/neve/"]
}

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Output

Each record represents one theme or plugin.

Theme fields

Field	Type	Description
slug	string	Unique theme identifier
name	string	Theme display name
version	string	Current version
author	string	Author display name
authorUrl	string	Author profile URL
description	string	Theme description (HTML stripped)
previewUrl	string	Live preview URL
screenshotUrl	string	Screenshot image URL
rating	number	Rating 0–5 (normalized from WordPress.org 0–100 scale)
numRatings	integer	Number of ratings
activeInstalls	integer	Number of active installs
lastUpdated	string	Last update date
homepageUrl	string	Theme homepage
downloadUrl	string	Direct .zip download URL
tags	string[]	Theme tags/categories
url	string	WordPress.org theme page URL
contentType	string	Always "theme"
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when this record was scraped

Plugin fields

Field	Type	Description
slug	string	Unique plugin identifier
name	string	Plugin display name
version	string	Current version
author	string	Author display name
authorUrl	string	Author URL
shortDescription	string	Short plugin description
homepageUrl	string	Plugin homepage
rating	number	Rating 0–5
numRatings	integer	Number of ratings
activeInstalls	integer	Number of active installs
downloadCount	integer	Total all-time downloads
lastUpdated	string	Last update date
requiresWpVersion	string	Minimum WordPress version required
testedWpVersion	string	Tested up to WordPress version
tags	string[]	Plugin tags/categories
url	string	WordPress.org plugin page URL
downloadUrl	string	Direct .zip download URL
contentType	string	Always "plugin"
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

Example output (theme)

{
  "slug": "twentytwentyfour",
  "name": "Twenty Twenty-Four",
  "version": "1.2",
  "author": "WordPress.org",
  "authorUrl": "https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressdotorg/",
  "description": "A clean, minimal theme for blogs and portfolios.",
  "screenshotUrl": "https://ts0.wp.com/themes/twentytwentyfour/screenshot.png",
  "rating": 4.0,
  "numRatings": 523,
  "activeInstalls": 1000000,
  "lastUpdated": "2024-03-15",
  "downloadUrl": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentytwentyfour.1.2.zip",
  "tags": ["Blog", "One Column", "Custom Colors"],
  "url": "https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentyfour/",
  "contentType": "theme",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:30:00+00:00"
}

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FAQ

Does this require an API key?
No. The WordPress.org Themes and Plugins APIs are completely public and require no authentication.

Does this use a proxy?
No proxy is needed. WordPress.org has no bot protection on their public API endpoints.

How many results can I get?
Up to 500 per run. WordPress.org returns 100 items per page; the actor paginates automatically.

How is the rating calculated?
WordPress.org stores ratings on a 0–100 scale. This actor normalizes them to the standard 0–5 star scale by dividing by 20.

What does activeInstalls represent?
The number of WordPress sites currently running this theme or plugin, as reported by WordPress.org.

Can I search for themes and plugins at the same time?
Use mode=featured or mode=byAuthor with contentType=both to get both in a single run. For keyword searches, run two separate runs with searchThemes and searchPlugins.

Can I get a theme/plugin by its WordPress.org URL?
Yes — use mode=getTheme or mode=getPlugin with startUrls containing the full WordPress.org URL.

What is the browse parameter for?
It controls the sort order for search and featured results: popular (most installs), new (recently published), updated (recently updated), featured (handpicked by WordPress.org), top-rated (highest ratings).

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Data Source

Data comes directly from the official WordPress.org Themes and Plugins APIs:

• Themes: https://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.2/
• Plugins: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/

These are the same APIs used by the WordPress admin dashboard when you search for themes and plugins to install. All data is publicly available.