WordPress Plugin Reviews Scraper

Scrape user reviews from WordPress.org plugin and theme listings. Extracts star ratings, reviewer names, review text, dates, and profile URLs — no login, API key, or proxy required.

What It Does

For each plugin or theme you specify, this actor:

• Fetches reviews via the public WordPress.org RSS feed
• Extracts star rating (1–5), reviewer name and profile link, review title, full review body, and publication date
• Supports pagination to retrieve hundreds of reviews per plugin
• Supports filtering by star rating (e.g., only 1-star or only 5-star reviews)

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	Required. bySlug (default), byUrl, or search
contentType	select	plugins (default), themes, or both
pluginSlugs	string[]	Plugin slugs for bySlug mode (e.g. woocommerce, contact-form-7)
themeSlugs	string[]	Theme slugs for bySlug mode (e.g. astra, neve)
startUrls	string[]	WordPress.org URLs for byUrl mode
searchQuery	string	Keyword for search mode
filterRating	select	Only return reviews with this rating (1–5), empty = all
maxReviewsPerItem	integer	Max reviews per plugin/theme (1–500, default: 30)
maxItems	integer	Max total reviews (1–5000, default: 100)

Example: Fetch reviews for WooCommerce

{
  "mode": "bySlug",
  "pluginSlugs": ["woocommerce"],
  "maxReviewsPerItem": 50,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: Fetch only 1-star reviews (for negative feedback analysis)

{
  "mode": "bySlug",
  "pluginSlugs": ["woocommerce", "contact-form-7"],
  "filterRating": "1",
  "maxReviewsPerItem": 100,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Example: Search and scrape reviews

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "page builder",
  "contentType": "plugins",
  "maxReviewsPerItem": 30
}

Finding Plugin Slugs

Navigate to any plugin page on wordpress.org/plugins. The URL will be:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^
                              This is the slug

Output

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
reviewId	string	Unique review identifier (topic slug)
pluginSlug	string	WordPress.org plugin or theme slug
pluginName	string	Plugin/theme display name
contentType	string	plugins or themes
pluginUrl	string	WordPress.org listing URL
reviewerName	string	Reviewer's WordPress.org username
reviewerProfileUrl	string	Link to reviewer's WordPress.org profile
rating	integer	Star rating (1–5)
reviewTitle	string	Review title/headline
reviewText	string	Full review body text
reviewDate	string	ISO-8601 publication date
reviewUrl	string	Direct link to the review
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 timestamp of extraction

Example Output

{
  "reviewId": "perfect-for-our-needs-29",
  "pluginSlug": "woocommerce",
  "pluginName": "WooCommerce",
  "contentType": "plugins",
  "pluginUrl": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/",
  "reviewerName": "ninjabeaver",
  "reviewerProfileUrl": "https://profiles.wordpress.org/ninjabeaver/",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewTitle": "Perfect for our needs",
  "reviewText": "I've been running Woocommerce for a few years on a charity website and it never lets me down.",
  "reviewDate": "2026-05-19T19:18:16+00:00",
  "reviewUrl": "https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-for-our-needs-29/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Plugin comparison: Compare ratings and sentiment between competing WordPress plugins
• Market research: Understand what users love or hate about popular plugins
• Competitive analysis: Identify pain points with competitor plugins
• Quality monitoring: Track review trends over time for your own plugin
• NLP training: Collect labeled review data (1–5 stars) for sentiment models

Supported Plugins & Themes

Works with any plugin or theme listed on WordPress.org with at least one review. Popular examples:

• Plugins: woocommerce, contact-form-7, jetpack, elementor, yoast-seo, akismet
• Themes: astra, neve, oceanwp, hello-elementor, storefront

FAQ

Do I need a WordPress.org account? No. All review data is publicly accessible without authentication.

How many reviews can I fetch? Up to 500 reviews per plugin per run. Each RSS page returns 30 reviews; the actor paginates automatically.

Can I filter by star rating? Yes. Use the filterRating field to fetch only 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, or 5-star reviews.

Does this also work for themes? Yes. Set contentType to themes and provide themeSlugs.

How recent is the data? The RSS feed always returns the most recent reviews first. All dates are in ISO-8601 format.

Data Source

WordPress.org is the official plugin and theme repository for WordPress, hosting 50,000+ plugins and 10,000+ themes. Review data is publicly available via RSS feeds at wordpress.org/support/{plugins|themes}/{slug}/reviews/?feed=rss2.

Limitations

• Reviews only available for plugins/themes listed on wordpress.org (not premium-only plugins)
• Review text limited to the content visible in the public RSS feed
• WordPress.org rate limits aggressive scraping — the actor uses polite 300ms delays between pages