WordPress Plugins & Themes Directory Scraper

Pull the entire WordPress.org plugin and theme directory as clean structured data: active install counts, total downloads, ratings, version, WordPress and PHP compatibility, author profile and last-updated date. Search by keyword, tag or popularity and export for market research, lead generation and competitive analysis.

Active installs the key market metric

Ratings & downloads plus author lead

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

What you get

Each record is one plugin or theme, ready for a spreadsheet, a dashboard or a research model:

• name, slug, url: the listing and a direct link
• author and authorProfile: the developer behind it (a ready sales or partnership lead)
• activeInstalls: how many live sites use it, the single best measure of market share
• downloaded: all-time download total
• rating (0 to 5) and numRatings: user satisfaction and review volume
• version: current release
• requiresWp, testedWp, requiresPhp: WordPress and PHP compatibility
• lastUpdated and added: how actively it is maintained and when it first launched
• supportThreads, supportThreadsResolved: support load and responsiveness
• homepage, downloadLink, previewUrl: external links
• shortDescription and tags: what it does and how it is categorized
• observedAt: when the record was captured

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Market research	Founders sizing a niche by active installs before building a plugin
Lead generation	Agencies finding plugin and theme authors to partner with or sell to
Competitive analysis	Product teams tracking rivals' installs, ratings and update cadence
SEO and content	Writers building "best plugins for X" roundups from live data

How to use it

1. Choose the directory: plugins or themes.
2. Enter a search keyword (for example seo, woocommerce, backup), or leave it empty and pick a browse mode (most popular, featured, newest, recently updated) or a tag slug.
3. Set Max Items and run. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull it through the Apify API.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does active installs mean? It is the approximate number of live WordPress sites running that plugin or theme. It is the most reliable indicator of real adoption and market share, far more telling than downloads alone.

Can I find under-served niches? Yes. Search a topic, then sort your export by active installs and rating. A keyword with high search demand but only low-install, low-rated options is a classic opening for a new plugin.

Does it cover themes too? Yes. Switch the directory to themes to pull the theme directory with the same fields where available.

How do I get the plugin author as a lead? Every record includes the author name and their author profile link, so you can build a contact list of active developers in any category.

How fresh is the data? Installs, ratings and version numbers are read live at run time, so each record reflects the directory at the moment of the run (see observedAt).

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with WordPress or the WordPress Foundation. It only accesses publicly available directory data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.