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1. christinarule
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So I'm curious to know if there is a way to find out what plugins wordpress themes are using.

   For example I am curious to know if this site http://freelanceswitch.com/about/

   is using a certain plugin for the "About us, Authors,Contact, Press" section. I want to incorporate that type of sub navigation in my site but wasnt sure if it was a custom script or a plugin!

   Does anyone know of any tools out there to see what plugins a wordpress theme is using?

2. curtismchale
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm not aware of a tool to do that but the effect you're looking for could be done easily with a menu and CSS/HTML.

3. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So I'm curious to know if there is a way to find out what plugins wordpress themes are using.

   Semi-generic answer:

   You can usually see them in the source code. When you visit a wordpress site, go to your browsers tool bar once the page has loaded, and select
   View > Page Source (or Source) and the source code will open, then back to the tool bar in the source view and select Edit > Find , and in the search box that opens, type; plugins and then select "highlight all" , and scroll through the highlighted entries until you find the one you were looking for.

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Another addendum - themes don't use plugins 99% of the time. Sites do. Themes use functions - most of which you would not be able to analyse or even guess at by using the page source.

5. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Good catch. Huge distinction! :-)

6. christinarule
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   thanks for all the advice!!! I dont know why I just assumed it was a plugin. I should have just looked at the code!!

   Turns out its just a simple style they are using in css!

   Thanks for all the comments some good points were made and noted!!

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