# WordPress Plugin & Theme Scraper — Installs, Ratings, Updates (`samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel`) Actor

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.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel.md
- **Developed by:** [samwise.agency](https://apify.com/samwise.agency) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## WordPress Plugin & Theme Scraper — Installs, Ratings, Updates

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

1. Click **Run** — the default searches plugins for "newsletter"
2. Swap in your niche keyword or add slugs of plugins you track
3. Schedule weekly + compare runs = a plugin market monitoring pipeline

### Sample output

```json
{
    "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 `lastUpdated` and `testedUpTo` drift 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.

# Actor input Schema

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

Which WordPress.org directory to query.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search the directory for (e.g. 'seo', 'backup', 'newsletter').

## `browseLists` (type: `array`):

Curated directory lists to export.

## `slugs` (type: `array`):

Exact plugin/theme slugs for full details, e.g. 'woocommerce', 'elementor', 'astra'.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Cap per search term / browse list.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataType": "plugins",
  "searchTerms": [
    "newsletter"
  ],
  "browseLists": [],
  "slugs": [],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "newsletter"
    ],
    "slugs": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchTerms": ["newsletter"],
    "slugs": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "newsletter"
  ],
  "slugs": []
}' |
apify call samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Z0fLtpWmhBl9Oc9sn/builds/EqhC3EWk8Nv1P9Wk9/openapi.json