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What is this site built with? Platform and theme detector

Give any site's address and see the platform it runs on. For a WordPress site, also its theme's folder, its page builder and the plugins that show.

Such as example.com. Our server asks for that one page, as a browser would, and keeps neither the address nor the page.

How it can tell

Most platforms leave marks in the pages they make. A WordPress site loads files from folders named wp-content and wp-includes. A Shopify store loads them from Shopify's servers, a Wix site from Wix's, a Squarespace site from Squarespace's. Some pages say outright what made them. This tool asks for the page at the address you give and looks for those marks.

What it shows for a WordPress site

  • The theme's folder. The folder the page loads its theme files from. That is the theme's name as the server knows it, which is close to, but not always the same as, the name it is sold under. A child theme shows its own folder.
  • The page builder, if the page was laid out with one.
  • The plugins that show. Only the plugins that load a file on that page. A plugin that works out of sight, such as one for backups or security, leaves no mark there.

When it cannot tell

A site built by hand, or one that combines and renames its files, may show nothing. A site can also hide these marks on purpose. The tool reports what it sees and does not guess.

Checking your own site? The site health check reads the same page and also says how it is secured and what search engines are told. Planning to move a site to WordPress? See platform migrations.

What happens to the address

The address goes to our server, which asks for the page and sends back what it found. Neither the address nor the page is kept or logged, and only public web addresses are asked.

Common questions

Can it tell me which theme a site bought?
It tells you the folder the theme's files are in. For a theme from WordPress.org or a well-known shop, searching for that folder's name usually finds it. A theme made for one site has a folder name that leads nowhere, because nobody else has it.
Why does it list only a few plugins when the site clearly has more?
It sees the plugins that add a file to the page it was given. Try the address of a different kind of page, such as a product or the contact page, and others may show.
It says WordPress, but the site looks nothing like a blog. Is that right?
Very likely. WordPress runs stores, company sites, directories and booking sites as well as blogs. What a site looks like comes from its theme, not from WordPress.

Want a site like that, or yours moved to WordPress?

Tell us what the site is on and where you want it. We reply with what moves by itself, what has to be rebuilt, and a fixed quote.

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