WordPress Plugin Scraper

🔌 WordPress plugin scraper

WordPress Plugin Scraper collects public plugin data from the WordPress.org Plugin Directory. Use this WordPress plugin scraper to search the directory, browse common plugin lists, collect plugins by tag or author, or enrich exact plugin slugs and WordPress.org plugin URLs.

The Actor saves one dataset row per successfully scraped plugin. Rows include plugin names, slugs, WordPress.org URLs, active installs, ratings, version and compatibility data, author links, support stats, download links, media links, changelog entries, and raw review facts when WordPress.org exposes them.

You do not need WordPress credentials, cookies, a WordPress.org account, or a source API key. For a quick first run, keep Browse directory, leave Directory list on Popular plugins, and set a small Maximum plugin rows value to preview the output shape.

📦 What this Actor does

• Searches public WordPress.org plugins by keyword.
• Browses popular, featured, top-rated, new, and recently updated plugin lists.
• Collects plugins from public tag pages.
• Collects plugins by WordPress.org author username.
• Enriches exact plugin slugs or WordPress.org plugin URLs.
• Saves one clean row per plugin.
• Includes source-backed detail fields automatically when available.
• Runs without user-provided source credentials.

This Actor is built for WordPress ecosystem research, plugin market research, SEO and agency audits, developer portfolio checks, compatibility reviews, and repeatable WordPress.org plugin data exports.

🎯 Target options

Choose one target type per run.

Browse directory is the easiest first run. Pick a directory list such as popular, featured, top-rated, new, or recently updated plugins.

Search plugins collects plugins returned for one or more search queries, such as seo, booking calendar, or membership.

Plugins by tag collects plugins for public WordPress.org tag slugs, such as ecommerce or security.

Plugins by author collects plugins for public WordPress.org author usernames, such as automattic or yoast.

Exact plugins enriches known plugin slugs or plugin page URLs, such as woocommerce, contact-form-7, or https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/.

Maximum plugin rows caps the total number of plugin rows saved by the run. Start small when testing a new target, then raise the limit when the output looks right.

📊 Data you can extract

Each dataset row represents one public WordPress.org plugin. Fields can include:

• target - the query, tag, author, directory list, slug, or URL that produced the row.
• pluginSlug, pluginName, and pluginUrl - stable plugin identity and source URL.
• shortDescription and description - source descriptions when available.
• activeInstalls, downloaded, rating, ratingCount, and ratingDistribution - public adoption and rating signals.
• authorName, authorProfileUrl, homepageUrl, and donateUrl - source-visible author and project links.
• version, requiresWpVersion, testedWpVersion, and requiresPhpVersion - compatibility data.
• addedDate and lastUpdated - source dates when WordPress.org exposes them.
• tags, supportThreads, and supportThreadsResolved - directory and support signals.
• downloadUrl, iconUrl, and media - plugin ZIP, icon, banner, and screenshot links.
• contributors - public contributor profile facts.
• changelog - source-native version notes when available.
• reviews - raw review facts, including reviewer name, rating, title, text, date, and review URL when available.

The Actor does not add sentiment, review summaries, recommendations, or generated quality scores. It returns source-backed facts only.

🧾 Output example

{
	"target": "popular",
	"pluginSlug": "woocommerce",
	"pluginName": "WooCommerce",
	"pluginUrl": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/",
	"shortDescription": "An ecommerce toolkit that helps you sell anything.",
	"activeInstalls": 7000000,
	"rating": 4.5,
	"ratingCount": 4802,
	"ratingDistribution": {
		"fiveStar": 4021,
		"fourStar": 391,
		"threeStar": 180,
		"twoStar": 94,
		"oneStar": 116
	},
	"authorName": "Automattic",
	"authorProfileUrl": "https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/",
	"version": "10.8.1",
	"requiresWpVersion": "6.7",
	"testedWpVersion": "6.8",
	"requiresPhpVersion": "7.4",
	"lastUpdated": "2026-05-27 5:54pm GMT",
	"tags": ["ecommerce", "online-store", "shopping-cart"],
	"supportThreads": 236,
	"supportThreadsResolved": 212,
	"downloadUrl": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce.10.8.1.zip",
	"iconUrl": "https://ps.w.org/woocommerce/assets/icon.svg"
}

You can export the dataset from Apify as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML. You can also run the Actor through the Apify API, schedules, webhooks, and integrations.

💰 Pricing

This Actor charges per successfully saved plugin. The current local pricing is $0.0009 per scraped plugin, which is $0.90 per 1,000 plugins.

Skipped, invalid, unavailable, or empty targets do not produce plugin rows. Runs still stop cleanly and log what happened.

⚠️ Limits

This Actor focuses on public WordPress.org plugin directory data. It does not scrape private WordPress dashboards, premium plugin customer areas, commercial marketplace accounts, paid plugin ZIP files, or private source code.

The Actor does not need user credentials, cookies, a WordPress.org login, or a source API key. It also does not expose proxy, timeout, retry, field toggle, or review-analysis settings in the public input form.

Some fields can be empty. WordPress.org does not expose every media link, changelog entry, review detail, support count, or compatibility value for every plugin.

❓ FAQ

Can I scrape a specific WordPress plugin?

Yes. Choose Exact plugins and add plugin slugs or WordPress.org plugin URLs.

Can I collect all plugins by an author?

Yes. Choose Plugins by author and add one or more WordPress.org author usernames.

Does this scrape WordPress plugin reviews?

It returns raw source-native review facts when WordPress.org exposes them for the plugin. It does not summarize reviews, score sentiment, or classify complaints.

Does this include premium plugin data?

No. It only returns public WordPress.org Plugin Directory data.

Do I need a WordPress.org account?

No. The Actor works from public WordPress.org data and does not ask for WordPress credentials.

📝 Changelog

• 0.1: Initial release.

🆘 Support

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