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WordPress Plugins Scraper

⚡ Use this Actor in n8n — no code

Building no-code workflows in n8n? Install our official community node and drop this Actor straight onto your canvas:

📦 n8n-nodes-apivault-wordpress-plugins

Setup (30 seconds): in n8n go to Settings → Community Nodes → Install, paste n8n-nodes-apivault-wordpress-plugins and confirm → add the new node to your workflow → paste your Apify API token → fill in the input and run.

Scrape any plugin from the official WordPress.org directory. 60K+ plugins, all public, no login or API key required.

Pricing

$3 per 1000 plugins — pay-per-event on every result pushed to the dataset. Actor Start fee: $0.00005.

Input modes

1. search — free-text keyword search

{"mode":"search","query":"backup","maxResults":100}

2. browse — top lists

{"mode":"browse","browseBy":"popular","maxResults":500}

browseBy can be popular, new, updated, or featured.

3. tag — plugins with a specific tag

{"mode":"tag","query":"seo","maxResults":200}

4. author — plugins by a WordPress.org author

{"mode":"author","query":"yoast"}

5. slugs — fetch exact plugins (always full detail)

{"mode":"slugs","slugs":["woocommerce","contact-form-7","elementor"]}

Full details

Set "fullDetails": true to fetch plugin_information for every result — adds contributors, ratings histogram, support URLs. Slower (+1 API call per plugin) but much more data.

Output fields

Each record includes:

• slug — plugin ID (e.g. woocommerce)
• name — display name
• url — https://wordpress.org/plugins/{slug}/
• shortDescription — 150-char tagline
• activeInstalls — rounded install count (e.g. 7000000)
• rating — 0-5 star scale (converted from WP's 0-100)
• numRatings — count
• author, authorProfile, homepage
• version, requiresWp, testedWp, requiresPhp
• addedDate, lastUpdated
• tags — array
• supportThreads, supportResolved
• downloadLink — direct .zip URL
• iconUrl — 2x icon
• contributors (full details) — array of {username, profile, displayName}
• ratingsHistogram (full details) — {"5": N, "4": N, ...}

Use cases

• WP plugin competitor research — see who's winning in your niche
• B2B leads for WP agencies — contact plugin authors by their public WP.org profile
• Course creators — recommend the most active plugins
• Security auditors — track version adoption and update frequency

Notes

• Uses https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/ — the official WordPress.org directory API
• No scraping, no proxy needed — pure REST
• Rate limits are generous (parallel 5-10 requests works fine)