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Scrape themes and plugins from WordPress.org — the world's largest open-source CMS marketplace.
No API key, no proxy, and no authentication required. Works on the free Apify plan.

What you can do

• Search themes or plugins by keyword with optional sort order (popular, new, updated, featured, top-rated)
• Browse featured/popular themes and plugins in any browse category
• Fetch by author — get all themes and plugins published by a WordPress.org username
• Fetch by slug or URL — get full details for specific themes or plugins
• Filter by rating (0–5 stars) and minimum active installs
• Paginate up to 500 results per run

Modes

Input

Example inputs

Search for blog themes:

{
"mode":"searchThemes",
"searchQuery":"blog",
"browse":"popular",
"minRating":3.0,
"maxItems":50
}

Get top WooCommerce plugins:

{
"mode":"searchPlugins",
"searchQuery":"woocommerce",
"browse":"top-rated",
"minInstalls":10000,
"maxItems":100
}

All plugins by Automattic:

{
"mode":"byAuthor",
"authorSlug":"automattic",
"contentType":"plugins",
"maxItems":200
}

Fetch specific themes by slug:

{
"mode":"getTheme",
"themeSlugs":["twentytwentyfour","astra","hello-elementor"]
}

Fetch theme from URL:

{
"mode":"getTheme",
"startUrls":["https://wordpress.org/themes/neve/"]
}

Output

Each record represents one theme or plugin.

Theme fields

Plugin fields

Example output (theme)

{
"slug":"twentytwentyfour",
"name":"Twenty Twenty-Four",
"version":"1.2",
"author":"WordPress.org",
"authorUrl":"https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressdotorg/",
"description":"A clean, minimal theme for blogs and portfolios.",
"screenshotUrl":"https://ts0.wp.com/themes/twentytwentyfour/screenshot.png",
"rating":4.0,
"numRatings":523,
"activeInstalls":1000000,
"lastUpdated":"2024-03-15",
"downloadUrl":"https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentytwentyfour.1.2.zip",
"tags":["Blog","One Column","Custom Colors"],
"url":"https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentyfour/",
"contentType":"theme",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-17T10:30:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Does this require an API key?
No. The WordPress.org Themes and Plugins APIs are completely public and require no authentication.

Does this use a proxy?
No proxy is needed. WordPress.org has no bot protection on their public API endpoints.

How many results can I get?
Up to 500 per run. WordPress.org returns 100 items per page; the actor paginates automatically.

How is the rating calculated?
WordPress.org stores ratings on a 0–100 scale. This actor normalizes them to the standard 0–5 star scale by dividing by 20.

What does activeInstalls represent?
The number of WordPress sites currently running this theme or plugin, as reported by WordPress.org.

Can I search for themes and plugins at the same time?
Use mode=featured or mode=byAuthor with contentType=both to get both in a single run. For keyword searches, run two separate runs with searchThemes and searchPlugins.

Can I get a theme/plugin by its WordPress.org URL?
Yes — use mode=getTheme or mode=getPlugin with startUrls containing the full WordPress.org URL.

What is the browse parameter for?
It controls the sort order for search and featured results: popular (most installs), new (recently published), updated (recently updated), featured (handpicked by WordPress.org), top-rated (highest ratings).

Data Source

Data comes directly from the official WordPress.org Themes and Plugins APIs:

• Themes: https://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.2/
• Plugins: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/

These are the same APIs used by the WordPress admin dashboard when you search for themes and plugins to install. All data is publicly available.