WordPress Plugins Scraper (WordPress.org API)

Scrape WordPress.org plugins & themes: active installs, downloads, ratings, version, requires/tested-up-to, author, last updated and download link. Search by keyword or tag, fetch specific slugs, or browse themes. As JSON, CSV or Excel. Free, no key, no proxy.

💵 Pricing

Pay per result — ~$0.40 per 1,000 items. No subscription, no proxy needed. You only pay for the data you scrape, and new Apify accounts include free monthly credits so you can test it for $0.

🔎 What can it extract?

• Plugin / theme name, slug, version, author
• Active installs and total downloads
• Rating (0–100) and number of ratings
• Requires WP, tested-up-to, requires PHP
• Last updated, added date, homepage, short description
• Direct download link and the public wordpress.org URL

🚀 How do I use it?

1. Click Try for free.
2. Pick a mode and set the input (see example below).
3. Click Start and download results as JSON, CSV or Excel — or pull them via the API / schedule them.

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search (plugins by query/tag), slugs (specific plugin slugs), themes (themes by query/tag)
query	string	Keyword, e.g. seo, backup, ecommerce
tag	string	Optional WordPress.org tag, e.g. ecommerce, security
slugs	array	Exact plugin slugs (mode=slugs)
maxItems	integer	Max results (default 100, max 1000)

Input example

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "seo",
  "maxItems": 100
}

📦 Output example

{
  "type": "plugin",
  "name": "Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI",
  "slug": "wordpress-seo",
  "version": "27.9",
  "author": "Yoast",
  "rating": 96,
  "num_ratings": 27812,
  "active_installs": 10000000,
  "downloaded": 968747319,
  "requires": "6.8",
  "tested": "7.0",
  "requires_php": "7.4",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-22 9:13am GMT",
  "added": "2010-10-11",
  "homepage": "https://yoa.st/1uj",
  "short_description": "Improve your SEO with real-time feedback, schema, and clear guidance.",
  "download_link": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-seo.27.9.zip",
  "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-30T08:31:00+00:00"
}

🎯 Use cases

• Market research — size the WordPress ecosystem by installs, ratings and category leaders.
• Competitive analysis — track competitor plugins' versions, install growth and review counts over time.
• Developer tooling — monitor compatibility (tested / requires_php), find plugins by tag, build dependency dashboards.
• eCommerce — discover WooCommerce-related plugins and themes, benchmark adoption and update cadence.

💰 How much will it cost?

You pay only the per-result price (no proxy cost): 100 → ~$0.04 · 1,000 → ~$0.40 · 10,000 → ~$4

🆚 Why this one

Feature	This actor	Others
Plugins and themes	✅	plugins only
Active installs + downloads + ratings	✅	partial
Search by tag / specific slugs	✅	search only
No key, no proxy	✅	sometimes

🔗 Related actors

• Website Tech Stack Detector — detect CMS, plugins & frameworks on any site
• WooCommerce Store Scraper — products from WooCommerce shops
• GitHub Scraper — repos, stars & releases
• npm Package Scraper — npm package metadata & downloads

❓ FAQ

Key or proxy? No — the WordPress.org API is free and datacenter-friendly. Bulk? Yes, search/tag modes paginate automatically up to maxItems (1000). Themes too? Yes, set mode: themes.

🛟 Support

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the actor — fixes and new fields ship fast.

Legal & privacy

Data via the public WordPress.org plugins/themes API. No personal data is collected.

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