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Is This Website Built With WordPress?

Paste any URL below. Our scanner checks 10 WordPress-specific fingerprints — scripts, CDN domains, HTML attributes, and HTTP headers — and returns a confidence score instantly.

How to Tell if a Website Uses WordPress

Identifying whether a website was built with WordPress used to require technical expertise — inspecting source code, tracing network requests in DevTools, and knowing which patterns to look for. Our free scanner automates all of that: it fetches the page, analyzes 10 WordPress-specific signals, and returns a verdict with a confidence score.

You might want to detect WordPress for competitive research, due diligence before acquiring a site, or simple curiosity. Whatever the reason, this page covers every method — automated and manual.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is the world's most popular Content Management System, powering over 40% of all websites. WordPress sites are identified by their /wp-content/ and /wp-includes/ paths, the WordPress generator meta tag, and X-Powered-By headers.

It is primarily used for content-driven websites, blogs, news sites, documentation, and publishing platforms.

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Signs a Website Is Built With WordPress

Our detection engine checks 10 unique WordPress fingerprints. Here are the most reliable signals:

High Confidence

CDN Domain

Assets (images, scripts, fonts) are loaded from WordPress-specific CDN domains. This is one of the most reliable signals because CDN domains are hard to hide.

wp-content/uploads
High Confidence

JavaScript / Script Files

WordPress loads specific JavaScript runtime files or loads scripts from identifiable URLs. Checking script src attributes reveals the platform.

wp-contentwp-includeswp-json
High Confidence

HTTP Response Headers

WordPress-hosted sites respond with specific HTTP headers that identify the platform or infrastructure. These are visible in DevTools → Network tab.

x-powered-byx-pingback
Medium Confidence

HTML Attributes & Class Names

WordPress injects proprietary class names, data attributes, or markup patterns into the page HTML that are unique to the platform.

wp-block-wp-
Medium Confidence

Meta Tags

Some WordPress sites include a generator meta tag or other platform-specific meta elements in the document head.

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How to Manually Detect WordPress Websites

Method 1 — View Page Source

  1. Open the website in your browser
  2. Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Cmd+Option+U (Mac)
  3. Search (Ctrl+F) for wordpress or wordpress
  4. If found in script src, class names, or meta tags — it's likely WordPress

Method 2 — Browser DevTools Network Tab

  1. Press F12 to open DevTools
  2. Click the Network tab and reload the page
  3. Filter by wordpress in the search box
  4. If you see requests to WordPress-specific domains, it's confirmed
Faster: Skip the manual steps — paste the URL into our scanner above and we check all 10 signals in seconds.

How Our WordPress Detector Works

When you submit a URL, our engine fetches the page from its server — just like a browser would — then analyzes the response across 10 WordPress-specific fingerprints:

Script analysis

We scan all loaded JavaScript files for known CDN paths and runtime names

CDN domain matching

We cross-reference every asset request against known platform CDNs

HTML pattern scanning

We search the DOM for platform-specific class names and data attributes

Header inspection

We read HTTP response headers that identify the server or platform

Meta tag extraction

We check generator and other meta tags in the document head

Confidence scoring

We weight each matched signal and normalize to a 0–99% score

How to Build a Similar Website With WordPress

Install WordPress from https://wordpress.org, set up your content models, and connect a frontend framework like Next.js or Gatsby to display your content.

Other popular CMS platforms include WordPress, Ghost, Contentful, Sanity, and Strapi.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can I tell if a website was built with WordPress?

The most reliable ways to detect WordPress are: (1) open DevTools → Network tab and look for requests to WordPress-specific CDN domains, (2) view page source and search for WordPress-specific class names or data attributes, (3) use our free scanner — we check 10 detection signals automatically and return a confidence score.

Is your WordPress detector free?

Yes, completely free. Paste any URL into our scanner and we'll analyze it for WordPress fingerprints immediately. No account required, no limits on scans.

How accurate is the WordPress detection?

We check 10 unique WordPress fingerprint signals across HTML, JavaScript, CDN domains, meta tags, and HTTP headers. Our confidence score reflects how many signals matched — a score above 70% is a strong indicator. We cap accuracy at 99% to reflect that all fingerprint-based detection is probabilistic.

Can WordPress sites be detected if they use a custom domain?

Yes. Custom domains don't hide the underlying platform. The JavaScript files, CDN requests, HTML attributes, and server headers all remain identifiable regardless of the domain name used. Our scanner fetches the page directly and analyzes its technical composition.

What should I do after detecting a WordPress website?

If you want to build something similar, visit https://wordpress.org to learn more or sign up. If you're doing competitive research, our scan result also shows the full technology stack — including hosting platform, domain age, and other detected technologies. You can share the result link with your team.