What WordPress Theme Is That? – An Easy Way To Find Out
Whenever you visit a new WordPress site with an attractive design, you get a question: ““What WordPress theme is that site using?”
You might scroll to the bottom of the website to check if it has any details about the theme. Many websites mention it in the footer.
What about the website that doesn’t mention it? How to find it out?
What WordPress Theme Is That Site Using?
Now, let’s see how we can find a WordPress theme using some simple techniques.
1) WPTD (WPThemeDetector)
I have found an easy tool online to detect the WordPress theme. It’s called WPThemeDetector. This tool doesn’t guarantee that it will catch themes of all WordPress sites but finds out in maximum cases.
Now let’s detect some themes.
Visit WPThemeDetector.
And enter the website URL for which you want to find the theme, and click “Experience the Magic of WPTD!”. Wait for a few seconds and see the magic. In this case, we will be looking at the OnlineMediaMasters website.
As you can see above, the tool gave us all the needed data. In this case, they are using a WordPress theme called OMM 2021. The tool can also display some of their installed/activated WordPress plugins.
WPTD is the popular way to check an active theme of a website.
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2) Look At The Footer
Some free and premium WordPress theme authors will add a link inside the website footer. So you can check the website’s footer for that. For example, the Newspaper WordPress theme by tagDiv is one of the popular themes in the market. Plus, it is used by millions of users globally.
So when someone uses that theme on their website, it will display its name in the website’s footer.
So without using third-party websites or tools, you can identify the WordPress theme of a website. Sadly, some WordPress themes will not add their name inside the footer. So if you are not seeing the theme name or developer name, they are not adding it, or the website admin just removed it.
In that case, follow the next method.
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3) View Page Source
Browsers like Google Chrome come with a view source option and inspect element tool. Inspect Element is a popular tool among developers and bloggers. They use it to view the source code and debug errors.
However, we can still use the view source option to check the website’s active theme.
If you are using Google Chrome, visit the website on a tab. In this case, we will be visiting the OptinMonster website.
Use CTRL + U to check the source code. On the other hand, you can also right-click on the page and select the view source option.
Now, you will see the HTML version of the page there.
Checking the code manually and finding the WordPress theme might be challenging. But with chrome’s inbuilt search feature, we can see the theme name!
For using the search feature, use the CTRL + F combination.
Inside the search bar, search for /themes/.
Looking closely at the line, you will see the active theme name.
Like this, you can find the theme of any website. OptinMonster developers use a custom theme for their website in this case. On the other hand, if someone uses a publicly available theme on their website, you will see it there.
4) Kinsta Theme Detector
The folks from Kinsta WordPress hosting recently developed a custom WordPress theme finder. It is an easy-to-use and straightforward tool to use. In this section, we will show you how to use it correctly.
First of all, go to this website.
Enter the target domain in the submit box and click on search.
After a few seconds, the tool will show you the result. In our case, we are using a custom theme made on top of the Genesis Framework. So, the result is accurate.
Below that, you can see the parent theme details.
If you scroll down, you can see some additional information too.
And that’s it. This is how you can find WordPress themes using the Kinsta tool.
Wrapping Up
Apart from finding the themes, this tool also finds a few plugins the website uses. So, by checking out the plugins and Themes of your competitors, you can be one step ahead of your competitors. The WPTD website is a simple way to find a WordPress theme. You can also check the website’s footer to find the active theme.
If the WPTD website can’t find an active theme, it might be a custom theme. Then, you have to follow the view page source method. We hope you have found this article helpful and enjoyed the read. Please consider sharing this post with your friends and fellow bloggers on social media if you do.
Which WordPress theme are you using on your website? Answer in the comments section.
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Samantha says
Hi,
There is almost always a tool to find out something 😉
Thanks for sharing the WPthemedetector Nirmal
Nirmal Kumar says
Glad, you found this useful 🙂