WordPress.org Plugin Scraper

Pull structured data on any WordPress.org plugin — active installs, ratings breakdown, version, WP/PHP compatibility, last update, tags and daily downloads — straight from the official api.wordpress.org endpoints. No browser, no proxies, no breaking selectors.

WordPress plugin scraper for WordPress.org data via the official API, no login or API key, pay per result.

What you can do with it

• Market research — list every plugin for a tag (woocommerce, forms, security) with installs and ratings, find under-served niches.
• Competitor monitoring — run daily on a list of slugs, diff version, active_installs, rating, support_threads.
• Lead generation — authors of plugins with 10k+ installs and no premium business_model are plugin businesses you can pitch.
• Due diligence — check tested_up_to, last_updated and unresolved support threads before installing a plugin on a client site.
• Feed an LLM — set includeDescription to get the full description/changelog HTML for summarisation.
• Automation — Schedule it on Apify and pipe results to Google Sheets, Slack, n8n or Make via the Apify integration.
• Compatibility audits — before a WordPress core upgrade, run your site's plugin slugs and flag any whose tested_up_to lags the new version.

Output example

{
  "slug": "woocommerce",
  "name": "WooCommerce",
  "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/",
  "version": "11.2.1",
  "author_name": "Automattic",
  "author_profile": "https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/",
  "requires_wp": "7.0",
  "tested_up_to": "7.1.4",
  "requires_php": "7.4",
  "rating": 90,
  "num_ratings": 4833,
  "ratings": { "1": 410, "2": 108, "3": 113, "4": 197, "5": 4005 },
  "active_installs": 7000000,
  "downloaded": 471253405,
  "support_threads": 127,
  "support_threads_resolved": 106,
  "last_updated": "2026-10-09T15:35:00Z",
  "added": "2011-09-27",
  "homepage": "https://woocommerce.com/",
  "short_description": "Everything you need to launch an online store in days and keep it growing for years.",
  "download_link": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce.11.2.1.zip",
  "tags": ["ecommerce", "online-store", "sell-online", "shop", "shopping-cart"],
  "icon": "https://ps.w.org/woocommerce/assets/icon.svg?rev=3640790",
  "daily_downloads": { "2026-10-03": "49719", "2026-10-04": "44951" }
}

Input

Field	Meaning
search	Full-text search, same as the wordpress.org plugin search box.
browse	When search is empty: popular, new, updated, top-rated, beta, featured.
tag / author	Filter by tag slug or author username. Combine with search or browse.
slugs	Look up specific plugins. Overrides search/browse.
maxItems	Stop after N plugins (default 100).
includeDescription	Add sections (description, installation, FAQ, changelog as HTML).
includeDownloadHistory	Add daily_downloads for the last 30 days (one extra request per plugin).

Pricing

Pay per plugin returned. A run that returns 100 plugins costs 100 × the per-plugin price, nothing else — no platform usage fees on top.

Notes

• Data comes from the public WordPress.org Plugin API (plugins/info/1.2 and stats/plugin/1.0). active_installs is the rounded figure WordPress.org publishes.
• Search results are capped by WordPress.org at roughly 12,500 plugins per query (50 pages × 250). Narrow with tag if you need more.
• Found a plugin that fails or a field you need? Open an issue in the Issues tab — replies within 24 hours.

FAQ

Do I need an API key or account?

No. The WordPress.org Plugin API (api.wordpress.org) is public and keyless. Requests are made at a modest pace; includeDownloadHistory adds one request per plugin.

How much does it cost?

$0.002 per result and nothing else: with pay-per-event pricing you are not billed for Apify compute. 100 results cost $0.20, and the Apify free plan's $5 monthly credit covers about 2,500 results. Rows that are never produced are never charged.

How do I get the data into Google Sheets / my app?

Every run writes to an Apify dataset you can download as CSV, JSON or Excel, or read from the dataset API endpoint. For ongoing feeds, use Apify integrations (Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n) or call the Actor from your own code with the Apify API.

Is it legal / allowed?

It only reads public data via the platform's public API and respects rate limits. You are responsible for complying with WordPress.org's terms and applicable law.

How many plugins can one search return?

WordPress.org caps search results at roughly 12,500 plugins per query (50 pages × 250). Combine search or browse with tag or author to narrow it, or pass slugs for exact lookups.

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