# 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
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# 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(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).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": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,samwise.agency/wordpress-plugin-intel"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

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