{"id":8365,"date":"2023-09-20T14:28:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/?p=8365"},"modified":"2023-09-20T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:35:27","slug":"how-to-tell-if-a-website-is-using-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichetwins.com\/how-to-tell-if-a-website-is-using-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell If a Website Is Using WordPress (in 3 Seconds)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s really only one reason you’d want to know whether or not a website was built using WordPress – so you can reverse engineer it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do this all the time<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I come across a website I admire, and then wonder what content management system (CMS) \/ website builder they used to create it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a handful of ways to do this, ranging from the technical to the hacky, and everything in between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But my favorite method also happens to be the easiest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To tell if a website is using WordPress, first go to BuiltWith.com, enter the website’s URL and click “Lookup”. Scroll down to the “Content Management System” section. If you see “WordPress” listed, then you know that website was built with WordPress! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

BuiltWith.com <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BuiltWith.com is a free “website profiler”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply plug in any URL and you’ll instantly find out what widgets, analytics, frameworks, content management systems, advertisers, content delivery networks, etc. that site is using. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a pretty great tool, and I use it often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what to do: start by going to BuiltWith.com<\/a> and enter in the URL of the website you want to check. Then click “Lookup”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Give it a moment and you’ll be brought to a Technology Profile page that shows you the tech stack of that website, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll down until you see the “Content Management System” section and look for WordPress!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Browser Extensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re checking to see if sites are made with WordPress a lot, you might want something a little more streamlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few great browser extensions you can install for free. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BuiltWith Chrome extension<\/a> is my personal favorite. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Just add it as a Chrome extension and then whenever you land on a website click on it to see if the site was built with WordPress!<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you’re not interested in BuiltWith, another good extension for how to tell if a website is using WordPress is Library Sniffer<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Website Footer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another quick way to check if a site was built with WordPress is to simply look at the website’s Footer! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress, and many WordPress themes automatically add “Powered by WordPress” or “Built with WordPress” to the Copyright section of the Footer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to the home page of the website in question and scroll all the way to the bottom. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might see something like this: <\/p>\n\n\n

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If you don’t, it still could be a WordPress site – many webmasters update the Footer to remove “WordPress”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspect Element<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The above methods are my preferred ways to see if a website is using WordPress or not, but there are other, more manual ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such manual approach is called “Inspect” or “Inspect Element”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspect feature<\/a> is an in-browser developer tool that allows you to view a website’s front-end – the raw HTML and CSS of the page! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don’t worry, you don’t have to be technical at all to use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Chrome <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’re using Google Chrome, simply navigate to the home page of the website you’re interested in and then right-click on the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select “Inspect”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A side window will appear with a bunch of code. Don’t panic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select “Sources” at the top navigation bar and then “Page” just below that. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Now look for the url of the site and a folder(s) named “wp-content” (or any folder with “wp”). This indicates that the site is built with WordPress! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t see “wp”, it’s likely that the site was built with something else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’re using Safari as your browser, the process is pretty similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to the home page of the website you’re interested in and then right-click on the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select “Inspect Element”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A window at the bottom will appear with a bunch of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select “Sources” at the top navigation bar and then “By Path” below that on the left-hand side. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Page Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

View page source is almost identical to inspect element, just with less bells and whistles. You only<\/em> get the raw HTML file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you can search that file for “wordpress”. If “wordpress” doesn’t show up in the HTML anywhere, then that site is NOT running on WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Chrome <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’re using Google Chrome, navigate to the home page of the website you’re interested in and then right-click on the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select “View Page Source”. A new window will open with the raw HTML file of the site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run a search (“find”) for the word, “wordpress” and see if it shows up in the HTML anywhere. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n