WordPress Plugin & Theme Scraper — Installs, Ratings, Updates
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from $10.00 / 1,000 results
WordPress Plugin & Theme Scraper — Installs, Ratings, Updates
Search and monitor the WordPress.org plugin and theme directories: active installs, ratings, last-updated dates, tested-up-to versions, support stats. Official API, keyless, clean JSON/CSV.
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from $10.00 / 1,000 results
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Market intelligence for the platform that runs 40%+ of the web. Search and monitor the official WordPress.org plugin and theme directories — active installs, ratings, update recency, compatibility, support-thread health — via the official API. Keyless and reliable.
What you can extract:
- 🔍 Search plugins/themes by keyword ("seo", "backup", "membership")
- 📊 Browse lists — most popular, newest, recently updated, top rated
- 🔬 Full details for specific slugs (woocommerce, elementor, astra…)
- 📈 Fields that matter:
activeInstalls,rating100,numRatings,lastUpdated,testedUpTo,supportThreads
Quick start
- Click Run — the default searches plugins for "newsletter"
- Swap in your niche keyword or add slugs of plugins you track
- Schedule weekly + compare runs = a plugin market monitoring pipeline
Sample output
{"type": "plugin","slug": "mailpoet","name": "MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation","url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailpoet/","version": "5.3.2","author": "MailPoet","rating100": 92,"numRatings": 1342,"activeInstalls": 600000,"lastUpdated": "2026-07-01 9:00am GMT","requiresWp": "6.5","testedUpTo": "6.8","requiresPhp": "7.4","shortDescription": "Send newsletters, welcome emails and automations...","supportThreads": 214,"supportThreadsResolved": 195,"tags": ["email", "newsletter", "email-marketing"]}
Use cases
- Plugin developers — track competitors' installs, ratings, and update cadence
- Agencies — vet plugins before installing (abandoned? support backlog?)
- Investors/acquirers — find popular-but-neglected plugins (high installs, stale updates)
- Security teams — monitor
lastUpdatedandtestedUpTodrift across a portfolio - Content/SEO — "best X plugins" listicles backed by live data
Input reference
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
dataType | plugins | themes | Which directory |
searchTerms | array | Keyword searches |
browseLists | array | popular, new, updated, top-rated |
slugs | array | Exact slugs for full detail rows |
maxItemsPerQuery | integer | Cost cap per query |
Pricing
Pay per result row delivered. A 50-plugin competitive scan costs cents.
FAQ
Is this official data? Yes — the same public API that powers the wp-admin plugin browser.
Can my AI agent use this? Yes — MCP-ready like all Apify actors.