Identify a Site's
WordPress Theme
Identify publicly visible theme details, parent-theme clues and detectable WordPress plugins.
How to Find Out What WordPress Theme a Website Uses
A WordPress theme defines the templates and much of the visual design of a website. Public page source and theme stylesheets often reveal which theme is installed, although some sites hide or rewrite those clues.
What does a WordPress theme do?
A theme controls page templates, typography, layout and other presentation settings. Plugins typically add features, while page builders and custom styles can change how a theme looks. Two sites using the same WordPress theme may therefore have very different designs.
Why detection sometimes fails
A child theme may expose both its own files and those of its parent. Custom builds, CDNs and security settings may rename assets or conceal theme information. This detector reports publicly visible signals, so an unidentified theme or plugin is not proof that it is absent.
How to check a theme manually
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Open the website's page source and search for
/wp-content/themes/in stylesheet or asset URLs. -
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The next folder name often identifies the theme. If accessible, open
/wp-content/themes/theme-folder/style.css. -
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Look for stylesheet headers such as Theme Name, Version, Author and Template (the parent-theme identifier).
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about our WordPress theme and plugin detection.
Can you detect themes on shared or cloud hosting?
Yes. Detection works across shared, cloud, VPS, and dedicated WordPress hosting environments. No special hosting access is needed.
Does a security plugin block detection?
It can. Security plugins, CDNs, caching layers, custom builds, and deliberate obfuscation can hide public WordPress paths or metadata. The tool checks multiple public signals, but a hidden theme or plugin may not be detectable.
Are there privacy concerns?
No. The detection process is entirely non-invasive. It only inspects publicly accessible website files and metadata such as CSS and HTML headers.
Can you distinguish child themes from their parent theme?
Sometimes. If the public stylesheet metadata exposes the parent relationship, the tool can identify a child theme and its parent. Results may be incomplete when those public signals are hidden.
What is the 'text domain' value?
The text domain is a unique identifier used for translations within a theme. It is shown for deeper structure analysis and developer reference.
Do you detect themes on WordPress.com sites?
Detection can work on WordPress.com and other WordPress sites when the necessary theme signatures are publicly exposed. Custom configurations or hidden assets can limit what the tool can identify.
Disclaimer: This tool uses only publicly accessible website files and metadata to identify WordPress themes and plugins. Results may be incomplete if a site uses a CDN, security plugin, or obfuscation that hides the standard WordPress footprint.