Have you ever wanted to find out which WordPress theme a site is using?
Readers often ask us to help them find the name of a theme they’ve seen on someone else’s website.This allows them to use exactly the same theme on their own WordPress website.
In this article, we will show you how to find which WordPress theme a site is using.
Why Find Which WordPress Theme a Site Is Using?
When you are
making a WordPress website, choosing a theme is one of the biggest decisions you will make.
There’s a lot to think about when
selecting the perfect WordPress theme, so the decision can easily become overwhelming.If you love the layout, features, and design of someone else’s website, then this can be a great shortcut to finding the right theme for you.
Some websites use custom themes, which probably won’t be publicly available to other website owners like you.However, many sites use
free WordPress themes or a popular premium theme.
In that case, you can easily find the theme’s name and then download or buy it yourself.
With that in mind, let’s see how to find which theme a site is using.Simply use the quick links below to jump straight to the method you want to use:
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If you prefer written instructions, then just keep reading.
Method 1: Use WPBeginner’s WordPress Theme Detector Tool (Easy)
The easiest way to detect the name of a WordPress theme is by using our free
WordPress theme detector tool.
Simply paste or type in the website’s URL and then click the ‘Analyze Website’ button.
Our theme detector will then look through the website’s code and show the name of its WordPress theme, where available.
For example, if a website is using the
popular Divi theme, then you will see something like this:
If it’s a less popular theme, then our tool may show you the theme’s name without an image or a ‘Get This Theme’ button.
If this happens, then we recommend pasting the theme’s name into a search engine like Google for more information.
Method 2: Use IsItWP to Detect the Site’s WordPress Theme (And Plugins)
Another option is to use the free
IsItWP tool.
IsItWP tells you the theme plus some extra information, such as the WordPress plugins that the site is using.
Just open up the IsItWP website and enter the URL of the site you want to check.
IsItWP will first check whether the website is using WordPress.
If it is, then IsItWP will try to detect its WordPress theme and show you the results.
It will also try to detect the site’s
WordPress hosting provider and any plugins it’s using.
IsItWP will include download links to these plugins, plus any reviews so that you can
choose the best WordPress plugin for you.
However, IsItWP may not be able to show information for a
custom WordPress theme or a child theme.
This means you may sometimes get a result like this:
Even if this happens, IsItWP will still show the theme’s name.This means you can search for it online to see whether it’s available to download or buy.
Method 3: Manually Detect WordPress Theme Used by a Website (Advanced)
Some website owners may change their WordPress theme’s name.
Similar to
removing the powered by WordPress footer, this makes it more difficult for hackers to learn about the website and possibly find ways to break into it.
However, it can also stop theme-detecting tools from working correctly, including WordPress Theme Detector and IsItWP.
Thankfully, if these tools can’t get the information about your favorite website, then you can look into the
WordPress blog or website’s code.
This should give you some clues about which theme the site is using, even if they’ve changed the name or created a child theme.
Let’s get started.
Every WordPress theme has a style.css file.This file contains a theme header that tells WordPress the theme’s name, author, version number, and more.It also contains the
CSS styles used by the theme.
You can find this file using your browser’s
Inspect tool.The steps will vary depending on the browser you’re using, but on Chrome, you can simply right-click anywhere on the website that you want to examine.
Then, select ‘View Page Source.’
This will open the page’s source code in a new browser tab.Now, you just need to find a line that looks something like this:
http://example.com/wp-content/themes/theme-name/style.css?ver=1.1.47′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />There will normally be several style.css files included in the page source, so look for the one that has
/wp-content/themes in the URL.
In the example above, that’s
http://example.com/wp-content/themes/theme-name/style.css?ver=1.1.47.
To open the style.css file, simply copy the URL and paste it into a new tab.This will show all the code inside the style.css file.
At the top of the file, you will see the theme header block, which contains information about the site’s theme.
Typically, it will look something like this:
Theme Name: Theme Name Theme URI: https://example.com Author: ThemeAuthorName Author URI: https://example.com Description: My Theme is a flexible WordPress theme designed for portfolio websites Version: 1.1.47 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: hestia Tags: blog, custom-logo, portfolio, e-commerce, rtl-language-support, post-formats, grid-layout, one-column, two-columns, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready
This block may even contain the Theme’s URL or the Theme Author’s URL, which will help you learn more about that theme.
Finding the Parent Theme
Many people use
WordPress child themes to customize their websites.In that case, their theme header will contain information about the parent theme they are using.
For example:
* Theme Name: My Child Theme Description: Just a child theme Author: Peter Smith Author URL: Write here the author’s blog or website url Template: hestia Version: 1.0 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: my-child-theme */
In the above example, you can see an extra ‘Template’ line in the theme header block.This template is the parent theme used by this website.
We hope this article helped you learn how to find which WordPress theme a site is using.You may also want to see our comparison of
the best WordPress page builder plugins to create custom layouts and our guide on how to create an email newsletter to get more visitors to your website.
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