How do you find out which plugins a WP site is using?

Corydoras007

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• Mar 22, 2017

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Hello BHW,

Been checking out a competitor and all I know is that their site is using wordpress. What I like about it is how they use tables to compare and lay out certain products with a Buy Now button that contains their aff link.

I'm trying to figure out how they do this and I think they are using a plugin to make their tables.

I pulled out the source code and I don't see any plugins, just the theme. So I'm wondering, is there any other way to figure out all the kinds of plugins a WP site is using?

Thanks.

 

sam.hunt0710

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@JasonS

Shared this link earlier check whether that helps you or not.

 

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Sristy

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• Mar 22, 2017

• #3

Try this; http://scanwp.net

 

wisdomkid

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• #4

I used wpthemedetector.com and it's awesome

 

Corydoras007

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• #5

Thanks... for some reason plugins are not listed.

 

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fluke4

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• Apr 29, 2017

• #6

If you scroll down the page, the plug ins are displayed further down

 

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I use http://whatwpthemeisthat.com for themes/plugins.

 

djp371

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One way is by checking the website's source code. Search "wp-content/plugins/" and you will know.

 

thebat1980

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Built With Plugin

 

rafark

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You can't know it, perhaps you may be able to find out about specific, popular plugins, but a full list, nope, it's not possible unless they're not protecting directory access in their server.

 

rafark

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djp371 said:

One way is by checking the website's source code. Search "wp-content/plugins/" and you will know.

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Pretty much all modern servers have directory access protected, so for 95% of the sites this won't work.

 

mbreezy

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Lots of good recommendation here. A couple I haven't heard of.

I use builtwith plugin and builtwith.com

 

lostchoas

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Thanks, I'm gonna give em a try. Iv used other sites but there's always barely any detail on the sites iv tried. Much appreciated!

 

Street Fighter

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by using website's source code to find which plugin are use in particular website

 

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CaramelBiscuit

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Sristy said:

Try this; http://scanwp.net

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That site has never worked for me. I either get an error message or it thinks the site wasn't built in WordPress.