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The way this works seems to check if there's the "generator" meta tag in the <head>. Custom themes etc. might choose to omit that so it's not a 100% reliable c
by benbristow 7y ago
The way this works seems to check if there's the "generator" meta tag in the <head>.
Custom themes etc. might choose to omit that so it's not a 100% reliable check
- mxpxrocks10 7y agoyou can compare it to this: https://www.isitwp.com/ https://www.isitwp.com/
- tanrax 7y agoIt doesn't work, I introduced the url of my page (programadorwebvalencia.com) made in Jekyll (a static site) and it tells me that it is WordPress.
- audessuscest 7y agoalso headless website using WP as BE only
- sandov 7y agoThe article says that they also look for "wp-admin" et al in robots.txt
- reaperducer 7y agoI suspect (hope) that means none of the WordPress sites I maintain will be in the tally. Customizing the metadata, stripping out unnecessary cruft, and moving the user and admin login pages behind IP-restricted firewalls (when possible) are among the first things I do.
- tanrax 7y agoI don't think there's an unquestionable way to know if a site is made in WordPress, although you can intuit by some clues: header, meta tag, robots.txt, cookie login, sitemap ...